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OF  THE 

UNIVERSITY  OF  CALIFORNIA       x 

GIFT  OF 

MRS.  MARY  WOLFSOHN 

IN   MEMORY  OF 

HENRY  WOLFSOHN 


THE 

TEXT  BOOK 

OF 

CRYPTIC  MASONRY. 

A  MANUAL  OF  INSTRUCTIONS 

IN  THE  DEGREES  OF 

ROYAL   MASTER,    SELECT   MASTER   AND   SUPER- 
EXCELLENT   MASTER. 

TOGETHER  WITH  THE  CEREMONIES  OF 

INSTALLING  THE   OFFICERS,  CONSTITUTING   AND 
DEDICATING  A  COUNCIL, 

AND 

INSTALLING  THE  OFFICERS  OF  A  GBAND  COUNCIL, 

BY 
JACKSON  H.   CHASE,   33°, 

GRAND  LECTURER  TO  GRAND  COUNCIL  OF  ROYAL  AND  SELECT 
MASTERS  OF  THE   STATE   OF  NEW  YORK. 


NEW  YORK: 

MASONIC  PUBLISHING  COMPANY, 

432  BROOME   STREET. 

1870. 


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Entered  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  in  the  year  1870, 
BY  THE  MASONIC  PUBLISHING  COMPANY, 

In  the  Clerk's  Office  of  the  District  Court  of  the  United  States 
for  the  Southern  District  of  New  York 


PREFACE. 

THE  present  work  has  been  compiled  as  a 
"  Text  Book"  for  Officers  and  Companions  of 
Councils  of  Royal  and  Select  Masters. 

That  such  a  Manual  has  long  been  needed, 
will  be  acknowledged  by  all  conversant  with 
Cryptic  Masonry. 

The  manuscript  was  submitted  to  our  late 
M.  P.  Kev.  Charles  H.  Platt,  G.  M.,  for  his 
examination,  and  received  his  unqualified  ap- 
proval. 

It  has  been  arranged  in  strict  conformity 
to  the  worjc  as  approved  by  him,  and  adopted 
by  the  Grand  Council  of  Royal  and  Select 
Masters  of  the  State  of  New  York,  and  is  re- 
spectfully submitted  to  the  fraternal  consid- 
eration of  Cryptic  Companions,  wheresoever 

dispersed. 

JACKSON  H.  CHASE,  33° 

ALBANY,  N.  Y.,  Dec.,  1869. 


146808 


CONTENTS. 

ROYAL  MASTER 7 

Opening 9 

History 15 

SELECT  MASTER, 19 

Prayer  at  Opening 21 

Reception 22 

History 23 

Charge  to  the  Candidate 34 

SUPER-EXCELLENT  MASTER 37 

Reception 39 

Hymn. . .   45 

History 50 

INSTALLATION  OP  THE  OFFICERS  OF  A  SUBORDI- 
NATE COUNCIL 55 

CONSTITUTING  AND  DEDICATING  COUNCILS 71 

INSTALLATION  OF  THE  OFFICERS  OF  THE  GRAND 

COUNCIL 77 


or  THE 


ROYAL  MASTER. 

iJHIS  degree  is  conferred  on  Royal  Arch 
Masons  only,  and  is  preparatory  to  the 
Select  Master's  degree. 

The  ceremonies  are  impressive  as  well 
as  replete  with  useful  and  valuable  information.  It  is 
intimately  connected  with  and  explains  many  mys- 
teries of  the  Royal  Arch. 


8 

CRYPTIC   MASONRY. 

A  Council  of  Royal  Masters  is  composed  of  the 
following  officers  : 

1 

.  THRICE  ILLUSTRIOUS  MASTER,  representing  King 
Solomon  ; 

2.  RIGHT  ILLUSTRIOUS  DEPUTY  MASTER,  represent- 
ing Hiram,  King  of  Tyre  ; 
3.  ILLUSTRIOUS    PRINCIPAL    CONDUCTOR     OF    THE 

4 

6 

WORKS,  representing  Hiram  Abif  ; 
.  MASTER  OF  THE  EXCHEQUER  or  TREASURER; 
.  RECORDER; 

6.   CAPTAIN  OF  THE  GUARDS; 
7.  CONDUCTOR  OF  THE  COUNCIL;    ' 
8.  STEWARD; 

9 

.  SENTINEL; 

The  following  diagram  will  show  the  stations  of 
the  officers: 

S. 

O 

O                                                          Qoo 

ri 

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ti 

O* 

EOYAL   MASTER. 


OPENING. 

Now  and  ever  may  our  Supreme  Bene- 
factor preside  in  all  our  Councils.  May  He 
direct  us  to  such  measures  as  He  himself 
shall  approve  and  be  pleased  to  bless.  May 
we  ever  be  favored  of  God.  May  our  Sanc- 
tuary be  the  pride  of  the  worthy,  the  resort 
and  seat  of  the  moral  virtues,  the  asylum  of 
the  oppressed,  a  name  and  a  praise  in  the 
whole  earth  until  the  last  of  time  shall  bury 
the  empires  of  the  world  in  undistinguished 
ruin.  Amen.  So  mote  it  be. 

SECTION  I. 


10  CRYPTIC   MASONRY. 

And  Solomon  made  all  the  vessels  that 
pertained  unto  the  house  of  the  Lord:  the 
altar  of  gold  and  the  table  of  gold,  where- 
upon the  shew-bread  was;  and  the  candle- 
sticks of  pure  gold;  five  on  the  right  side, 
and  five  on  the  left,  before  the  oracle;  with 
the  flowers  and  the  lamps,  and  the  tongs  of 
gold;  and  the  bowls,  and  the  snuffers,  and 
the  basins,  and  the  spoons,  and  the  censers 
of  pure  gold;  and  the  hinges  of  gold,  both 
for  the.  doors  of  the  inner  house,  the  most 
holy  place,  and  for  the  doors  of  the  house, 
to  wit,  of  the  Temple.  So  Hiram  made  an 
end  of  doing  all  the  work  that  he  had  made 
King  Solomon  for  the  house  of  the  Lord. — 
1  KING.  vii.  48-50  &  40. 


ROYAL  MASTER.  11 


"  Eemove  far  from  me  vanity  and  lies ; 
give  me  neither  poverty  nor  riches;  feed  me 
with  food  convenient  for  me;  lest  I  be  full, 
and  deny  thee  and  say,  Who  is  the  Lord? 
or  lest  I  be  poor  and  steal,  and  take  the 
name  of  my  God  in  vain." 


Companion  Adoniram,  death  is  a  subject 
that  admits  of  no  levity  when  mentioned  by 
mortal  man.  The  young  may  die,  the  old 
must  die,  the  wisest  knoweth  not  how  soon. 
The  youngest  E.\  A.*,  upon  the  checkered 
pavement  below,  dwells  even  in  the  shadow 
of  death,  while  the  invisible  hand  extends 
equally  above  K.*.  S.*.  on  his  ivory  throne. 
"We  walk  upon  the  ashes  of  the  generations 
who  have  gone  this  way  before  us,  and  our 
bodies  must  soon  crumble  into  dust.  It  is 
not  for  me,  Companion  Adoniram,  to  hope 
that  I  shall  escape  from  the  common  doom 
of  man,  but  when  *******  Death  ter- 
minates the  labor  of  a  man.  There  is  no 
work,  nor  device,  nor  knowledge,  nor  wisdom 


12  CRYPTIC    MASONRY. 

in  the  grave.  The  most  gifted  of  mortal 
kings  thus  meditates:  "Brief  life  is  here  our 
portion."  Speedily  do  we  hasten  to  the  end 
of  these  cares  and  labors.  What  an  incen- 
tive is,  this  to  an  industrious  use  of  our 
faculties,  that  we  should  labor  diligently  to 
complete  that  inner  temple  for  God's  eternal 
praise,  and  be  ready  to  sleep  in  peace,  as  the 
night  cometh  when  no  man  can  work.  My 
work,  Companion  Adoniram,  is  not  finished, 
though  I  have  labored  faithfully  and  long, 
but  when  *******,  Companion  Adoni- 
ram, it  is  through  the  gate  of  death  that  we 
find  an  entrance  to  the  place  of  wages, 
refreshment  and  rest.  The  Supreme  Master 
of  the  Universe  before  whom  we  bow  in 
adoration,  and  whose  All-seeing  Eye  has 
marked  our  labors  in  the  Lodge  below, 
promises  to  spread  before  us  in  the  stupen- 
dous Lodge  above  all  the  joys  and  glories  of 
His  Eternal  Sabbath.  After  the  strong  hand 
of  death  has  leveled  all  in  the  humiliation 
of  the  grave,  the  Almighty  hand  of  the 
Supreme  Master  shall  prevail  and  exalt  every 


CRYPTIC   MASONRY.  13 

brother  to  the  glorious  companionship  of 
that  undissolving  Lodge.  There  the  de- 
signs upon  the  Trestle-board  will  be  seen 
completed.  There  the  adoration  of  the 
twelfth  hour  will  be  the  everlasting  joy. 
There  the  noon-tide  of  bliss  will  eternally 
shine.  There  the  scales  of  doubt  and  dark- 
ness shall  fall  from  my  eyes,  and  the  wise 
purposes  of  the  Divine  Architect  be  dis- 
played in  all  their  splendor.  With  this  light 
of  faith  beaming  upon  me  "  O  Death  where 
is  thy  sting  ?"  My  hope,  Companion  Adoni- 
ram,  rests  in  the  higher  Lodge  to  which  I 
am  advancing,  and  when  *******. 

SECTION  H. 

m  m  n 


And  he  set  the  cherubims  within  the  inner 
house;  and  they  stretched  forth  the  wings 
of  the  cherubims,  so  that  the  wing  of  the 
one  touched  the  one  wall;  and  the  wing  of 


14  ROYAL   MASTER. 


the  other  cherub  touched  the  other  wall; 
and  their  wings  touched  one  another  in  the 
midst  of  the  house. — 1  KINGS  vi.  27. 

And  Solomon  made  all  the  vessels  that 
pertained  unto  the  house  of  the  Lord:  the 
altar  of  gold  and  the  table  of  gold,  where- 
upon the  shew-bread  was;  and  the  candle- 
sticks of  pure  gold;  five  on  the  right  side, 
and  five  on  the  left,  before  the  oracle;  with 
the  flowers  and  the  lamps,  and  the  tongs  of 
gold;  and  the  bowls  and  the  snuffers,  and 
the  basins,  and  the  spoons,  and  the  censers 
of  pure  gold;  and  the  hinges  of  gold,  both 
for  the  doors  of  the  inner  house,  the  most 
holy  place,  and  for  the  doors  of  the  house, 
to  wit,  of  the  Temple.  So  Hiram  made  an 
end  of  doing  all  the  work  that  he  had  made 
King  Solomon  for  the  house  of  the  Lord. — 
I  KINGS,  vii.  48-50  -&  40. 


And  behold  I  come  quickly ;  and  my 
reward  is  with  me,  to  give  every  man 
according  as  his  work  shall  be.  I  am  Alpha 


ROYAL  MASTER.  15 


and  Omega,  the  beginning  and  the  end,  the 
first  and  the  last.  Blessed  are  they  that 
do  his  commandments,  that  they  may  have 
a  right  to  the  tree  of  life,  and  may  enter  in 
through  the  gates  into  the  city. — REV.  xxii. 
12-14. 


HISTORY. 

This  degree  originated  in  consequence  of 
a  conversation  between  our  Grand  Master, 
H/.  A.\,  and  Adoniram,  just  before  the  death 
of  the  former. 

Adoniram  was  one  of  the  *  *  *.  He  was 
also  one  of  the  *  *  *. 

After  the  S.\  S.\  was  completed  and  a 
portion  of  the  furniture  deposited  therein, 
Adoniram.*  *  *.  At  high  twelve,  when  the 


16  CKYPTIC   MASONRY. 

craft  were  called  from  labor  to  refreshment, 
*  *  *.  After  the  rest  of  the  craftsmen 
had  retired,  Adoniram  *  *  *. 
*  This  conversation  having  been  related  to 
K.\  S.'.  by  Adoniram  *  *  *  to  which  this  is 
preparatory. 

The  furniture  of  the  S.'.  S.'.  consisted  of 
many  holy  vessels  made  of  pure  gold,  but  the 
most  important  there,  was  the  Ark  of  the 
Covenant,  called  the  glory  of  Israel,  which 
was  seated  in  the  middle  of  the  holy  place, 
under  the  wings  of  the  cherubim.  It  was  a 
small  chest  or  coffer,  three  feet  nine  inches 
long  and  two  feet  three  inches  wide  and 
deep.  It  was  made  of  wood,  excepting  only 
the  mercy  seat,  but  overlaid  with  gold  both 
inside  and  out.  It  had  a  ledge  of  gold  sur- 
rounding it  at  the  top,  into  which  the  cover, 
called  the  mercy-seat,  was  let  in.  The 
mercy-seat  was  of  solid  gold,  the  thickness 
of  an  hands  breadth;  at  the  two  ends  were 
two  cherubim,  looking  inward  toward  each 
other,  with  their  wings  expanded;  which, 
embracing  the  whole  circumference  of  the 


CRYPTIC   MASONRY.  17 

mercy  seat,  they  met  on  each  side,  in  the 
middle;  all  of  the  Kabbins  say  it  was  made 
out  of  the  same  mass,  without  any  soldering 
of  parts. 

Here  the  Shekinah,  or  Divine  Presence, 
rested,  and  was  visible  in  the  appearance  of 
a  cloud  over  it.  From  hence  the  Bathkoll 
issued,  and  gave  answers  when  God  was 
consulted.  And  hence  it  is,  that  God  is 
said  in  the  Scripture,  to  dwell  between  the 
cherubim;  that  is  between  the  cherubim  on 
the  mercy-seat,  because  there  was  the  seat 
or  throne  of  the  visible  appearance  of  his 
glory  among  them. 


SELECT  MASTER. 

j|HIS  degree  is  the  summit  and  perfection  of 
ancient  Masonry;  and  without  which  the 
history  of  the  Royal  Arch  Degree  can 
hardly  be  said  to  be  complete.  It  ration- 
ally accounts  for  the  concealment  and  preservation 
of  those  essentials  of  the  craft,  which  were  brought 
to  light  at  the  erection  of  the  second  temple;  and 
which  lay  concealed  from  the  Masonic  eye  for  four 
hundred  and  seventy  years.  Many  particulars  relative 
to  those  few  who  were  selected,  for  their  superior 
skill,  to  complete  an  important  part  of  King  Solo- 
mon's temple,  are  explained.  And  here,  too,  is 
exemplified  an  instance  of  justice  and  mrcy  by  our 


20 

CRYPTIC   MASONRY. 

ancient  patron,  toward  one  of  the  craft  who  was  led 

to  disobey  his  commands  by  an  over-zealous  attachment 

for  the  Institution.    It  ends  with  a  description  of  a  par- 

ticular circumstance,  which  characterizes  the  degree. 

A 

Council  of  Select  Masters  is  composed  of  the 

following  officers: 

1. 

THRICE  ILLUSTRIOUS  MASTER,  as  K.  •  .  S.  •  . 

2. 

RIGHT   ILLUSTRIOUS  DEPUTY   MASTER,   as  H.  • 

K.- 

.  of  T.  •  . 

3.  ILLUSTRIOUS    PRINCIPAL    CONDUCTOR    or    THE 

WORKS,  as  H.  •  .  A.  •  . 

4 

TREASURER. 

5.  RECORDER. 

6 

CAPTAIN  OF  THE  GUARDS,  as  A.  •  . 

7.  CONDUCTOR  OF  THE  COUNCIL,  as  A.  •  . 

8.  STEWARD. 

9.  SENTINEL. 

STATIONS. 

S. 

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«-                                          O 

!* 

SELECT  MASTER.  21 

PKAYEB,  AT  OPENING  A  COUNCIL. 

May  the  Supreme  Grand  Master  graciously 
preside  over  all  our  counsels,  and  direct  us 
in  all  such  things  as  he  will  be  pleased  to 
approve  and  bless.  May  our  profession  as 
Masons  be  the  rule  of  our  conduct  as  men. 
May  our  secret  retreat  ever  continue  to  be 
the  resort  of  the  just  and  merciful;  the  seat 
of  the  moral  virtues,  and  the  home  of  the 
select.  So  mote  it  be. 

The  following  Psalm  is  read: 

His  foundation  is  in  the  holy  mountains. 
The  Lord  loveth  the  gates  of  Zion  more  than 
all  the  dwellings  of  Jacob.  Glorious  things 
are  spoken  of  thee,  O  city  of  God.  Selah. 
I  will  make  mention  of  Rahab  and  Babylon 
to  them  that  know  me.  Behold,  Philistia, 
and  Tyre,  with  Ethiopia:  this  man  was  born 
there.  And  of  Zion  it  shall  be  said,  This 
and  that  man  was  born  in  her:  and  the 
Highest  himself  shall  establish  her.  The 
Lord  shall  count,  when  he  writeth  up  the 
people,  that  this  man  was  born  there.  Selah. 


22  CRYPTIC   MASONRY. 

As  well  the  singers,  as  the  players  on  instru- 
ments, shall  be  there :  all  my  springs  are  in 
thee. — PSALM  Ixxxvii. 

RECEPTION. 

The  following  passages  of  Scripture  are  introduced 
and  explained: 

And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Moses  had 
made  an  end  of  writing  the  words  of  this 
law  in  a  book,  until  they  were  finished,  that 
Moses  commanded  the  Levites,  which  bore 
the  Ark  of  the  Covenant  of  the  Lord,  saying, 
Take  this  Book  of  the  Law,  and  put  it  in 
the  side  of  Ark  of  the  Covenant  of  the  Lord 
your  God,  that  it  may  be  there  for  a  witness 
against  thee. — DEUT.  xxxi.  24-26. 

****** 

And  Moses  said,  This  is  the  thing  which 
the  Lord  commandeth,  Fill  an  omer  of  it 
to  be  kept  for  your  generations  ;  that  they 
may  see  the  bread  wherewith  I  have  fed  you 
in  the  wilderness,  when  I  brought  you  forth 
from  the  land  of  Egypt.  And  Moses  said 
unto  Aaron,  Take  a  Pot,  and  put  an  omer 


SELECT   MASTER.  23 

full  of  Manna  therein,  and  lay  it  up  before 
the  Lord,  to  be  kept  for  your  generations. 
As  the  Lord  commanded  Moses,  so  Aaron 
laid  it  up  before  the  testimony  to  be  kept. — 
EXOD.  32-34, 


And  the  Lord  said  unto  Moses,  Bring 
Aaron's  Rod  again  before  the  testimony,  to 
be  kept  for  a  token. — NUMB.  xvii.  10. 


HISTOKY: 

In  giving  the  history  of  this  degree  we 
revert  to  the  building  of  the  temple.  Our 
three  Grand  Masters,  Solomon  King  of 
Israel,  Hiram  King  of  Tyre  and  Hiram  Abif 
being  in  possession  of  the  writings  of  Moses 
and  the  prophets,  well  knew  that  if  the 
children  of  Israel  deviated  from  the  laws 
therein  contained,  their  enemies  would  be 
let  loose  upon  them,  their  cities  and  temples 
sacked,  ruined  and  destroyed,  and  all  the 


24  CRYPTIC    MASONRY. 

sacred  treasures   in  the   S.*.  S.\  would  be 
forever  lost. 

In  order  to  prevent  this  evil  *  *  *.  This 
secret  vault  *  *  *,  place  to  deposit  a  true 
copy  of  all  the  holy  vessels  and  sacred 
treasures  contained  *  *  *  Grand  Council  to 
confer  *  *  *.  There  were  employed  to 
work  on  the  other  eight  arches,  twenty-two 
men  from  Gebal,  a  city  in  Phoenicia,  together 
with  Ahishar  and  Adoniram,  all  of  whom 
were  well  skilled  in  the  arts  and  sciences 
generally,  but  particularly  in  sculpture. 
Their  hours  of  labor  were  *  *  *.  During 
the  erection  of  this  vault  a  circumstance 
occurred  which  characterizes  this  degree  and 
upon  which  the  ceremony  of  initiation  is 
founded.  *  *  *  and  for  a  long  time  he 
grieved  in  silence.  *  *  *,  meaning  when 
the  temple  was  completed  and  he  should 
*  *  *.  This  satisfied  him.  *  *  *.  When 
the  ninth  arch  was  completed  *  *  *  Ark  of 
the  Covenant  and  placed  within  *  *  *  copy 
of  the  Book  of  the  Law,  and  that  it  might 
be  known  by  whom  and  for  what  purpose  it 


SELECT    MASTER.  25 

was  deposited,  *  *  *  When  the  deposit 
was  made  *  *  *,  yet  on  their  return  if  found, 
by  means  of  the  other  two  languages  it 
might  be  restored,  and  that  it  might  be 
known  and  distinguished  *  *  *,  by  which 
means  was  preserved  and  brought  *  *  *. 
It  was  then  lost.  *  *  *.  It  was  again  re- 
stored to  the  craft,  in  whose  possession  we 
trust  it  will  forever  remain. 

The  Lecture  may  end  here  with  the  charge  or  be 
continued  as  follows : 

There  may  be  an  inquiry  in  your  mind 
what  was  the  nature  of  the  word  that  ren- 
dered the  Jews  so  anxious  to  keep  possession; 
how  came  it  in  their  possession,  and  of  what 
importance  was  it  to  them — this  part  Solo- 
mon has  allusion  to  when  the  Master's  word 
was  lost. 

Zeroaster  (who  flourished  about  800  years 
before  the  building  of  the  temple)  in  the 
Zendavista  writes,  "  There  are  names  given  by 
God  himself  to  every  nation,  of  unspeakable 
efficacy  in  the  mysteries."  Therefore,  this 


26  CRYPTIC    MASONRY. 

word  in  the  minds  of  the  Jews  was  of  un- 
speakable efficacy,  preserving  them  as  a 
nation  and  conferring  upon  them  a  mighty 
power.  We  find  the  Trojans  200  years 
before  the  building  of  the  temple  having 
possession  of  a  Palladium  which  fell  from 
heaven,  and  only  by  its  loss  could  their  city 
be  destroyed.  The  Chaldeans  wore  triangu- 
lar pieces  of  metal,  sometimes  stones,  on 
which  were  engraven  certain  characters 
called  talismans,  the  possession  of  which 
they  imagined  gave  them  power  over  the 
spirits  and  mortals.  The  principal  was 
named  Bel  or  Baal.  In  confirmation  we 
find  the  Jews  saying  to  Christ,  "You  cast 
out  devils  by  the  aid  of  Belzebub."  The 
Hindoos  have  a  word  of  such  tremendous 
efficacy  that  the  simple  utterance  of  the 
word  by  a  holy  Brahmin  would  shake  the 
paradise  of  Swerga  to  its  center,  convulse 
the  earth  to  its  foundation,  restore  the  dead 
to  life,  destroy  the  living,  transport  himself 
where  he  pleased,  and  fill  him  with  the 
wisdom  of  the  gods.  This  word  is  Aun  or 


SELECT    MASTER.  27 

On,  and  belongs  to  the  triad.  The  word 
On  is  Egyptian  and  was  esteemed  the  most 
ancient  of  the  gods,  for  Plato,  who  derived 
much  information  from  the  Egyptians,  writes, 
"  Tell  me  of  the  god  On,  which  was  and  is 
and  never  knew  beginning."  They  ascribe 
the  same  powers  to  "  On"  that  the  Jews  did 
to  Jehovah.  But  the  affinity  of  certain 
words  between  Hindoos,  Chaldeans  and 
Egyptians  is  so  close  that  we  may  presume 
they  came  from  the  same  source.  The  Jews 
believed  by  the  power  of  the  name.  It 
cured  them  of  evils,  warned  them  of  danger, 
restored  the  dead  to  life,  brought  fire  from 
heaven,  rent  buildings  asunder,  maimed  and 
destroyed  their  enemies,  and  filled  them 
with  great  wisdom ;  the  pronunciation  shakes 
heaven  and  earth,  and  inspires  the  very 
angels  with  astonishment.  The  Kabbins  call 
it  "Shem  Hamphorosh,"  the  unutterable 
name.  That  the.  word  inspired  the  possessor 
with  great  wisdom,  the  sacred  records  testify 
in  many  instances.  The  first  place  where 
we  find  it  in  its  proper  name  is  in  Samuel, 


28  CRYPTIC    MASONRY. 

who  was  inspired  with  so  great  wisdom  as 
to  be  judge  of  the  Jews.  We  find,  also,  the 
word  had  the  same  power  when  communi- 
cated. Samuel  gave  the  word  to  Saul,  and 
the  possession  filled  him  with  wisdom  and 
understanding  far  above  his  compeers,  and, 
in  the  allegorical  language  of  the  East,  gave 
him  another  heart,  and  so  surprised  those 
who  knew  him  as  to  make  them  exclaim, 
"Is  this  Saul  the  aon  of  Kish?"  But  we 
find  on  the  loss  of  the  word  he  was  greatly 
troubled  and  endeavored  to  regain  it  in 
various  ways;  at  last  summoned  the  spirit 
of  Samuel  to  give  it.  Samuel  gave  the  word 
to  David,  and  the  Lord  was  with  David  from 
that  day  forward,  for  he  says  expressly,  "  For 
thy  word's  sake  has  thy  servant  known  these 
great  things."  And  we  find  David  triumph- 
ing over  all  his  enemies  by  the  power  vested 
in  him. 

When  God  refused  David  to  build  a  temple 
to  his  name,  Solomon  was  appointed  in  his 
stead,  and  tradition  states,  that  on  com- 
mencing the  foundation  he  struck  on  a  cavern 


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in  which  were  immense  treasures  of  gold, 
silver  and  precious  stones.  Believing  it  to 
be  the  remains  of  some  temple  built  before 
the  flood,  and  fearing  that  it  had  been  in  the 
service  of  idolatry,  he  was  informed  by  a 
dream  that  this  place  had  been  thrice  devoted 
to  God.  It  was  the  place  whence  Enoch  was 
translated,  where  Abraham  was  about  to 
offer  up  his  son  Isaac,  and  it  was  the  place 
of  the  threshing-floor  of  Oman  the  Jebusite, 
where  David  met  and  appeased  the  destroy- 
ing angel.  The  treasures  were  collected  and 
used  in  building  the  temple.  On  exploring 
the  lowest  recesses  of  the  cavern  they  came 
upon  an  arched  vault,  in  which  they  found 
a  white  marble  pillar,  on  which,  encrusted 
with  precious  stones,  was  a  delta,  and  on 
which  was  engraved  the  Gr.\  Om.*.  word, 
the  possession  of  which  filled  him  with  such 
wisdom  and  understanding  that  his  name 
resounded  throughout  the  earth,  and  has  so 
continued  to  the  present  day.  It  was  this 
that  enabled  our  three  Grand  Masters  to 
erect  such  a  magnificent  structure,  the 


30  CRYPTIC    MASONRY. 

like  of  which  has  not  been  before  or  since. 
The  Arabians  have  the  tradition  that  the 
word  was  engraved  on  a  seal,  and  gave  them 
power  over  the  Dives,  Afreets,  Ghouls  and 
other  evil  spirits,  imprisoning  them  and 
confining  them  at  the  bottom  of  the  sea,  by 
impressing  on  them  the  signet.  By  them  it 
was  called  a  talisman  or  conferrer  of  power. 
By  the  Egyptians  they  were  worn  as  amulets 
or  averters  of  danger,  and  are  still  worn  at 
the  present  day.  We  now  see  by  the  inspi- 
ration it  gave  its  possessor  what  struck 
Solomon  with  such  consternation  and  anxiety 
on  the  death  of  H.\  A.\  The  key  was 
probably  a  triangular  plate  on  which  was 
engraved  the  Omnific  name,  this  being  worn 
constantly  on  the  breast,  would,  by  lying  on 
it  continually,  give  a  faint  impression  of  the 
word;  *  *  *.  It  was  the  possession  of  the 
word  *  *  *.  Having  mentioned  that  all 
nations  possessed  a  word,  we  will  inquire 
how  it  first  came  in  possession  of  the  Jews. 
The  Kabbinical  tradition  is,  that  it  was  given 
by  God  to  Adam,  who,  foreseeing  the  deluge, 


SELECT    MASTER.  31 

enjoined  on  the  sons  of  Seth  to  preserve  it 
for  future  generations,  when  the  flood  would 
have  swept  all  but  Noah's  family  away. 
Enoch  the  son  of  Seth,  while  deliberating 
upon  the  best  means  of  preserving  for  future 
generations  the  ineffable  name  of  Deity,  was 
favored  by  a  mystical  vision,  he  seemed  to 
be  transported  to  the  top  of  a  high  mountain. 
On  looking  up,  he  discovered  in  the  heavens 
a  triangular  plate  brilliantly  illuminated,  on 
which  appeared  certain  mystic  characters 
which  he  received  a  strict  injunction  never 
to  pronounce;  he  then  appeared  to  descend 
to  the  bowels  of  the  earth;  looking  beneath 
him  he  discovered  the  same  triangle.  In- 
structed by  this  vision  he  built  two  pillars, 
on  which  was  engraven  the  knowledge  of 
the  antediluvian  world,  and  beneath  he 
formed  a  cavern,  and  in  it  he  deposited  the 
triangle  on  which  was  engraved  the  ineffable 
word.  He  left  a  key  to  the  name,  as  our 
Grand  Masters  have  done,  so  those  who  had 
this  key  could  pronounce  the  name.  The 
Eastern  nations  have  the  tradition  that  the 


32  CRYPTIC    MASONRY. 

key  left  was  composed  of  small  squares 
joined  together,  called  a  Zuarga,  which  they 
consult  at  the  present  day,  as  to  matters  of 
health  and  business.  It  is  possible  that  the 
key  to  the  E.*.  A.*.  W.'.  is  the  Zuarga  of  the 
East. 

The  ineffable  name  was  pronounced  once 
a  year  by  the  High-Priest,  amid  the  clang 
of  cymbols  and  sound  of  trumpets,  at  the 
Feast  of  Expiation.  It  was  not  lawful  to 
pronounce  it  any  other  time. 


After  the  loss  of  the  word,  the  Jews 
endeavored  to  find  a  substitute  by  an  idol, 
called  by  the  Rabbins  a  Teraphim.  Accord- 
ing to  tradition  it  was  constructed  in  this 
wise,  and  occasioned  the  Jews  much  trouble 
in  after  periods.  A  head  of  a  child  first 
born  and  dead  born  was  placed  on  a  golden 
plate  on  whose  rim  was  engraved  mystic 
characters.  Under  the  tongue  they  placed 
a  laminar  of  gold,  on  which  was  engraved 
characters  and  inscriptions  of  certain 


SELECT    MASTER.  33 

planets.  After  performing  invocations  be- 
fore it,  it  was  endowed  with  speech  to  foretell 
events.  This  is  the  idol  that  is  so  bitterly 
inveighed  against  by  Isaiah,  Jeremiah  and 
Ezekiel.  This  is  following  after  the  abomi- 
nation of  the  heathen  instead  of  seeking  the 
word. 

The  Babylonians  practised  divinations  and 
sorcery,  and  the  Jews  copied  largely  from 
them,  and  were  in  full  force  from  their 
return  from  Babylon  till  the  destruction  of 
the  temple  by  Titus,  and  thus  has  been 
transmitted  down  to  us  the  various  rites, 
mystic  ceremonies  and  charms  yet  practised 
among  the  ignorant  and  uneducated  of  the 
present  day. 

Thus,  Companion,  have  I  endeavored  to 
give  a  brief  epitome  and  slight  explanation 
of  such  parts  of  our  work  as  may  stimulate 
your  zeal  and  energies  to  further  enquiries 
in  penetrating  the  darkness  and  bringing 
to  light  the  long  lost  word  in  all  its  effulgent 
splendor. 


34  CRYPTIC    MASONRY. 


CHARGE  TO  THE  CANDIDATE. 

COMPANION:  Having  attained  to  this  degree, 
you  have  passed  the  circle  of  perfection  in 
ancient  Masonry.  In  the  capacity  of  Select 
Master  you  must  be  sensible  that  your  obli- 
gations are  increased  in  proportion  to  your 
privileges.  Let  it  be  your  constant  care  to 
prove  yourself  worthy  of  the  confidence  re- 
posed in  you,  and  of  the  high  honor  con- 
ferred, in  admitting  you  to  this  select  degree. 
Let  uprightness  and  integrity  attend  your 
steps;  lei  justice  and  mercy  mark  your  con- 
duct; let  fervency  and  zeal  stimulate  you  in 
the  discharge  of  the  various  duties  incum- 
bent upon  you;  but  suffer  not  an  idle  or  im- 
pertinent curiosity  to  lead  you  astray,  or 
betray  you  into  danger.  Be  deaf  to  every 
insinuation  which  would  have  a  tendency  to 
weaken  your  resolution,  or  tempt  you  to  an 
act  of  disobedience.  Be  voluntarily  dumb 
and  blind,  when  the  exercise  of  those  faculties 
would  endanger  the  peace  of  your  mind,  or 
the  probity  of  your  conduct;  and  let  silence 


SELECT    MASTER.  35 

and  secrecy,  those  cardinal  virtues  of  a  Select 
Master,  on  all  necessary  occasions,  be  scru- 
pulously observed.  By  a  steady  adherence 
to  the  important  instructions  contained  in 
this  degree,  you  will  merit  the  approbation 
of  the  select  number  with  whom  you  are 
associated,  and  will  enjoy  the  high  satisfac- 
tion of  having  acted  well  your  part  in  the 
important  enterprise  in  which  you  are 
engaged,  and,  after  having  wrought  your 
regular  hours,  may  be  admitted  to  participate 
in  all  the  privileges  of  a  Select  Master. 

CHARGE  AT  CLOSING. 

COMPANIONS  :  Being  about  to  quit  this 
sacred  retreat,  to  mix  again  with  the  world, 
let  us  not  forget,  amid  the  cares  and  vicissi- 
tudes of  active  life,  the  bright  example  of 
sincere  friendship,  so  beautifully  illustrated 
in  the  lives  of  the  founders  of  this  degree. 
Lef  us  take  the  lesson  home  with  us;  and 
may  it  strengthen  the  bands  of  fraternal  love 
between  us;  incite  our  hearts  to  duty,  and 


36  CRYPTIC   MASONRY. 

our  desires  to  wisdom.  Let  us  exercise 
Charity,  cherish  Hope,  walk  in  Faith.  And 
may  that  moral  principle,  which  is  the  mystic 
cement  of  our  fellowship,  remain  with  and 
bless  us.  So  mote  it  be. 


SUPER-EXCELLENT  MASTER. 


jIHIS  degree  has  no  connection,  either  in 
symbolism  or  history,  with  the  degrees  of 
Koyal  and  Select  Master.  It  refers  to 
circumstances  which  occurred  during  the 
siege  of  Jerusalem  by  Nebuzaradan,  Captain  of  the 
Guard  of  the  King  of  Babylon.  The  ceremonies  are 
intended  to  represent  the  final  destruction  of  the 
Temple  and  the  carrying  away  of  the  captive  Jews  to 
Babylon,  and  exemplifies  a  part  of  the  Royal  Arch 
degree. 

The  degree,  no  doubt,  comes  from  the  Ancient 
and  Accepted  Rite,  and  was  originally  conferred  by 
the  Inspectors  General  of  that  rite.  It  is  now  con- 
ferred in  many  of  the  jurisdictions  in  Councils  of 
Royal  and  Select  Masters.  The  moral  of  the  degree 
is  intended  to  inculcate  integrity  and  fidelity  to 
vows;  and  the  treachery  of  Zedekiah  is  illustrated  as 
a  warning  to  remain  faithful  to  our  engagements. 

The  officers  of  a  Council  of  Super  -  Excellent 
Masters  are  as  follows: 


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CRYPTIC   MASONRY. 


1.  ZEDEKIA.H,  King  of  Judah,  styled  M.  • .  Ex.  • .  K. 

2.  COMPANION  GEDELIAH; 

3.  FIRST  KEEPER  OF  THE  TEMPLE; 

4.  SECOND  KEEPER  or  THE  TEMPLE  : 

5.  THIRD  KEEPER  or  THE  TEMPLE  ; 

6.  CAPTAIN  OF  THE  GUARDS; 

7.  FIRST  HERALD; 

8.  SECOND  HERALD; 

9.  THIRD  HERALD: 

10.  GUARD,  ) 

11.  GUARD,  >•  Attendants  to  the  K.  •. 

12.  GUARD,  ) 

13.  TREASURER; 

14.  SECRETARY; 

15.  SENTINEL. 

The  officers  are  stationed  as  follows : 


u 


o 


rt 


o 


O 


O  .O" 


o 
o  ° 
o- 


Guards  attend  King  (10,  11,  12.) 


SELECT   MASTER. 


39 


RECEPTION: 


*          *          * 


40 


CRYPTIC    MASONRY. 


****** 


****** 


SUPER-EXCELLENT    MASTER. 


41 


****** 


42 


CRYPTIC   MASONRY. 


SUPER-EXCELLENT    MASTER.  43 


The  King  and  all  his  men-of-war  fled  by 
night  by  the  way  of  the  gate  between  the 
walls  which  is  by  the  King's  garden,  and  the 
King  went  the  way  toward  the  plain,  and 
the  army  of  the  Chaldeans  pursued  after  the 
King  and  overtook  him  on  the  plains  of 
Jericho — and  all  his  army  was  scattered 
from  him.  So  they  took  the  King  and 
brought  him  up  to  the  King  of  Babylon,  to 
Kiblah,  and  they  gave  judgment  upon  him; 
and  they  slew  the  sons  of  Zedekiah  before 
his  eyes,  and  they  put  out  the  eyes  of  Zede- 
kiah and  bound  him  in  chains  of  brass  and 
carried  him  to  Babylon. 

The  sword  of  the  enemy  prevails,  our 
young  men  are  captives  and  our  old  men 
are  slain. 


44 


CRYPTIC    MASONRY. 


How  doth  the  city  sit  solitary  that  was 
full  of  people ;  how  is  she  become  as  a  widow ! 
she  that  was  great  among  the  nations  and 
princess  among  the  provinces,  how  is  she 
become  tributary  !  She  weepeth  sore  in  the 
night,  and  her  tears  are  on  her  cheeks: 
among  all  her  lovers  she  hath  none  to 
comfort  her :  all  her  friends  have  dealt 
treacherously  with  her,  they  are  become  her 
enemies. — LAMENTATIONS,  i.  1-2. 


SUPER-EXCELLET   MASTER. 


45 


HYMN: 

AIR — St  Martin,  or  Balerma. 

By  Babel's  stream  we  sit  and  weep, 

Our  tears  for  Zion  flow; 
Our  harps  on  drooping  willows  sleep, 

Our  hearts  are  filled  with  woe. 


46  CRYPTIC   MASONRY. 


"And  on  the  east  side  toward  the  rising 
sun  shall  they  of  the  standard  of  the  camp 
of  Judah,  pitch  with  Isaacher  and  Zebulon." 

"On  the  south  side  the  standard  of  the 
camp  of  Reuben,  with  Simeon  and  Gad." 

"On  the  west  side  the  standard  of  the 
camp  of  Ephraim,  with  Manasseh  and 
Benjamin." 

"  On  the  north  side  the  standard  of  the 
camp  of  Dan,  with  Asher  and  Napthali." 

"Then  the  Tabernacle  of  the  congregation 
shall  set  forward  with  the  camp  of  the 
Levites  in  the  midst  of  the  camp." 

By  the  rivers  of  Babylon,  there  we  sat 
down,  yea,  we  wept,  when  we  remembered 
Zion.  We  hanged  our  harps  on  the  willows 
in  the  midst  thereof.  For  there  they  that 
carried  us  away  captive  required  of  us  a  song ; 
and  they  that  wasteth  us  required  of  us 
mirth,  saying,  Sing  us  one  of  the  songs  of 
Zion. — PSALM  cxxxvii.  1-3. 


SUPER-EXCELLENT    MASTER. 


Our  walls  no  more  resound  with  praise, 

Our  Temple,  foes  destroy; 
Judea's  courts  no  more  upraise 

Triumphant  songs  of  joy. 


• 


Judah  is  gone  into  captivity  because  of 
affliction,  and  because  of  great  servitude; 
she  dwelleth  among  the  heathen,  she  findeth 
no  rest;  all  her  persecutors  overtook  her 
between  the  straits.  The  ways  of  Zion  do 
mourn,  because  none  come  to  the  solemn 


48  CRYPTIC    MASONRY. 

feasts;  all  her  gates  are  desolate;  her  priests 
sigh,  her  virgins  are  afflicted,  and  she  is  in 
bitterness. — LAMENTATIONS,  i.,  3-4. 

How  shall  we  sing  the  Lord's  song  in  a 
strange  land?  If  I  forget  thee,  O  Jerusalem, 
let  my  right  hand  forget  her  cunning. — 
PSALM  cxxxvii.  4-5. 

Here,  mourning,  toil  the  captive  bands, 
Our  feasts  and  Sabbaths  cease; 

Our  tribes,  dispersed  through  distant  lands, 
Are  hopeless  of  release. 


m 

999 


SUPEK-EXCELLENT   MASTEE.  49 

The  word  of  Jeremiah  the  prophet,  to 
the  captives  in  Babylon,  saying,  This  cap- 
tivity is  long.  Build  ye  houses  and  dwell  in 
them:  and  plant  gardens,  and  eat  the  fruit 
of  them;  And  seek  the  peace  of  the  city 
whither  I  have  caused  you  to  be  carried 
away  captives,  and  pray  unto  the  Lord  for 
it;  for  in  the  peace  thereof  shall  ye  have 
peace. — JER.  xxix.  5,  7. 

If  I  do  not  remember  thee,  let  my  tongue 
cleave  to  the  roof  of  my  mouth;  if  I  prefer 
not  Jerusalem  above  my  chief  joy. — PSALM 
cxxxvii.  6. 


But  should  the  ever  gracious  Power 

To  us  propitious  be, 
Chaldeans  shall  our  race  restore, 

And  kings  proclaim  us  free. 


50  CKYPTIC   MASONRY. 


HISTOEY. 

The  ceremonies  through  which  you  have 
passed  have  a  moral  and  historic  significance. 

The  historic  alludes  to  the  taking  of  Jeru- 
salem, and  the  destruction  of  the  Temple 
by  Nebuchadnezzar,  King  of  Babylon. 

Zedekiah  who  reigned  at  this  time  in 
Jerusalem  was  the  uncle  of  Jehoiachim,  the 
youthful  king  placed  at  eighteen  years  of 
age  upon  the  throne. 

The  former  name  of  Zedekiah  was 
Mattaniah.  The  change  of  name  was  to 
indicate  that  the  justice^  and  not  the  gift 
of  the  Lord,  imparted  to  him  a  scepter  at 
the  pleasure  of  the  Babylonish  monarch. 

Nebuchadnezzar's  final  and  fatal  siege  of 
Jerusalem  began  on  Friday  the  30th  of 
December,  in  the  588th  year  before  the 
Christian  Era,  being  the  seventh  year  of 
Pharaoh  Hophra,  Eing  of  Egypt. 

The  King  of  Judah  besought  the  aid  of 
Egypt  against  the  Chaldeans.  Pharaoh 
attempted  to  interpose,  but  the  result  was 


SUPER-EXCELLENT   MASTER.  .        51 

to  no  purpose,  as  the  prophet  had  fore- 
told. 

Pharaoh's  demonstration  only  occasioned 
an  intermission  of  the  siege  for  a  period  of 
about  one  hundred  days.  The  city  yielded 
to  the  Chaldean  power  and  to  famine  on 
Wednesday,  the  thirteenth  of  June. 

Deducting  from  the  530  days  since  the 
forts  were  built  about  Jerusalem,  the  proba- 
ble interval  of  100  days,  wherein  Pharaoh 
diverted  the  attention  of  the  Chaldeans,  and 
we  have  the  430  days  during  which  Ezekiel 
was  called  upon  prophetically  to  bear  the 
iniquities  of  Israel  and  Judah. 

Zedekiah,  dreading  the  fury  of  the  mon- 
arch to  whom  he  owed  his  own  elevation, 
had  fled  from  the  city,  but  was  pursued  by 
the  Chaldeans  and  captured  in  the  plains 
of  Jericho,  about  eighteen  miles  from 
Jerusalem. 

Northward  from  this,  100  miles  distant, 
was  Riblah,  in  the  region  of  Hamath,  where 
Pharaoh  Nechi  had  put  in  bonds  the 
humiliated  Jehoahas,  son  of  Josiah. 


52  CRYPTIC   MASONRY. 

At  this  place  Nebuchadnezzar  now  had 
his  quarters,  and  to  him  the  troops  con- 
ducted the  captive  Zedekiah:  "And  they 
slew  the  sons  of  Zedekiah  before  his  eyes, 
and  put  out  the  eyes  of  Zedekiah  and  bound 
him  with  fetters  of  brass  and  carried  him  to 
Babylon."  Thus  were  verified  what  had 
seemed  to  be  the  contradictory  prophecies 
of  Jeremiah  and  Ezekiel.  The  former  pre- 
dicting of  Zedekiah:  "Thine  eyes  shall 
behold  the  eyes  of  the  king  of  Babylon, 
and  he  shall  speak  with  thee  mouth  to 
mouth,  and  thou  shalt  go  to  Babylon."  And 
the  latter  announcing,  "I  will  bring  him  to 
Babylon  to  the  land  of  the  Chaldeans,  yet 
he  shall  not  see  it  though  he  shall  die 
there." 

Nebuzaradan,  the  commanding  officer  of 
the  Chaldean  army  presented  himself  at 
Jerusalem  on  Wednesday,  the  llth  of  the 
succeeding  month,  and  on  the  following 
Sabbath,  the  14th  of  July,  he  completed  his 
cruel  and  profane  ravage  in  plundering  and 
burning  the  Temple  and  city. 


SUPER-EXCELLENT    MASTER.  53 

The  history  prepares  us  for  the  thrilling 
and  sacred  theme  of  the  pious  and  wonder- 
ful rebuilding  of  the  Lord's  house.  The 
moral  purpose  of  this  degree  is  to  in- 
culcate true  devotion  in  spirit  and  in  truth 
to  the  Great  I  AM,  in  contradistinction  to 
idolatry;  to  teach  traditionally  life's  vicissi- 
tudes; to  encourage  generous  hospitality 
and  friendship;  to  enlighten  the  mind  and 
amend  the  heart,  that  we  may  become  wiser 
and  purer,  brighter  and  brighter  unto  the 
perfect  day,  and  by  precept  and  example  to 
excite  our  Brethren  to  moral  action  and  the 
amiable  practice  of  sincere  devotion  toward 
God,  and  of  all  the  social  virtues.  It  also 
inculcates  the  faithful  fulfillment  of  our 
several  vows,  and  the  fearless  discharge  of 
our  respective  duties;  and  teaches  us,  that 
the  violation  of  our  solemn  vows,  as  in  the 
case  of  Zedekiah,  the  last  king  of  Judah, 
will  not  only  cause  us  to  forfeit  the  respect 
and  friendship  of  our  Companions,  but  will 
also  most  surely  destroy  our  own  peace  of 
mind. 


54  CRYPTIC   MASONRY. 

Then  let  us,  my  Companions,  labor  dili- 
gently and  fearlessly  in  the  cause  of  Truth 
our  allotted  time,  doing  with  our  might 
whatever  our  hands  find  to  do,  so  that,  when 
at  the  time  of  the  third  watch  our  work 
is  finished,  we  may  be  greeted  as  Super- 
Excellent  Masters,  and  be  released  from  our 
captivity  in  the  flesh,  to  return  over  the 
rough  and  rugged  way  of  the  valley  of  the 
Shadow  of  Death  to  our  abiding-place, 
eternal  in  the  heavens,  there  to  erect  our 
last  and  perfect  moral  and  Masonic  Temple 
and  adore  the  Holy  One  of  Israel  throughout 
the  endless  cycles  of  eternity. 


INSTALLATION  OF  THE  OFFICERS 


SUBORDINATE  COUNCIL. 


j|FFICERS  of  Subordinate  Councils  may  be 
installed  by  any  present  or  Past  Grand 
Officer,  or  by  any  present  or  Past  Master 
of  a  Council  in  good  standing  in  any 
regularly  constituted  Council  of  "Royal  and  Select 
Masters. 

The  Council  being  duly  assembled  and  in  working 
order,  the  installing  officer  shall  direct  the  Recorder 
to  read  so  much  of  the  records  as  refer  to  the  election 
of  the  officers  presenting  themselves  for  installation. 

After  which  he  shall  say: 

Companions  of  Council,  No. — ,  do 

you  remain  satisfied  with  the  choice  you 
have  made  in  the  selection  of  your  officers 
for  the  ensuing  Masonic  year? 

The  answer  being  in  the  affirmative,  the  officers 
elect  shall  be  arranged  by  the  Marshal  (an  officer  to 
be  appointed  for  the  occasion)  in  due  form  in  front 
of  the  installing  officer,  when  they  shall  be  required 
to  make  the  following 


56  CRYPTIC   MASONRY. 

DECLARATION: 

I, ,  do  solemnly  promise  that  I  will 

faithfully,  and  to  the  best  of  my  ability 
discharge  the  duties  of  the  office  to  which  I 
have  been  elected  in  this  Council,  and  that 
I  will  strictly  conform  to  the  requirements 
of  the  By-Laws  of  this  Council,  and  the 
Constitutions  and  General  ^Regulations  of 
the  Most  Puissant  Grand  Council  of  the 

State  of so  far  as  they  may  come 

to  my  knowledge. 

The  officers  elect  shall  then  resume  their  seats 
among  the  Companions. 

The  following,  or  some  suitable  prayer,  shall  then 
be  delivered  by  the  Chaplain: 

PKAYEK. 

Most  Holy  and  Glorious  Lord  God,  the 
Great  and  Mighty  Father  of  all  men,  we, 
Thy  humble  servants,  desire  to  approach 
Thee  with  all  reverence,  and  to  implore  Thy 
blessing  upon  the  Companions  selected  to 
preside  over  and  conduct  the  affairs  of  this 
Council,  and  now  before  Thee.  Fill  their 


INSTALLATION    CEREMONIES.  57 

hearts,  we  beseech  Thee,  with  Thy  fear,  that 
their  tongues  and  actions  may  promote  Thy 
glory.  Make  them  steadfast  in  Thy  service. 
Grant  them  firmness  of  mind.  Animate 
their  hearts  and  strengthen  their  endeavors, 
May  they  be  enabled  to  teach  Thy  judgments 
and  Thy  laws.  Bless  them,  O  Lord,  and 
bless  the  work  of  their  hands.  Accept  us 
in  mercy.  Hear  Thou  from  Heaven,  Thy 
dwelling-place,  and  forgive  our  transgres- 
sions. Glory  be  to  God  as  it  was  in  the 
beginning,  is  now,  and  ever  shall  be,  world 
without  end.  Amen. 
RESPONSE:  So  mote  it  be. 

The  Marshal  will  then  present  the  officers  elect 
severally,  according  to  rank,  for  installation. 

Addressing  the  installing  officer,  by  his  proper 
Masonic  title,  he  shall  say: 

,  I  present  to  you  Companion , 

for  installation  as  of  this  Council.     I 

find  him  to  be  well  skilled  in  the  Koyal 
Mysteries,  zealous  in  diffusing  the  sacred 
principles  of  our  fathers,  and  in  whose  in- 
tegrity and  fidelity  his  Companions  of 


58  CRYPTIC   MASONRY. 

Council,  No.  — ,  repose  the   highest  con- 
fidence. 

The  installing  officer  will  then  complete  the  cere- 
monies by  delivering  the  following  Address  and 
Charges,  severally,  to  the  officers  elect,  as  they  are 
severally  presented  to  him,  according  to  rank,  by  the 
Marshal: 

ADDRESS  AND  CHARGE  TO  THE  MASTER. 

THRICE  ILLUSTRIOUS  COMPANION:  I  feel  great 
pleasure  in  receiving  you  as  the  presiding 
officer  of  this  Council.  It  is  a  station  highly 
honorable  to  him  who  diligently  and  faith- 
fully performs  the  duties  it  imposes  upon 
him.  Before  investing  you,  however,  with 
the  appropriate  insignia  of  your  office,  I 
must  require  your  unequivocal  assent  to  the 
following  interrogatories: 

1.  Do  you  solemnly  promise  that  you  will 
use  your  best  endeavors  to  correct  the  vices 
and  purify  the  morals  of  your  Companions, 
and  to  promote  the  peace  and  prosperity  of 
your  Council  ? 

2.  That  you  will  not  suffer  your  Council 
to  be  opened  when  there  are  less  than  nine 


INSTALLATION    CEREMONIES.  59 

or  more  than  twenty-seven  Select  Masters 
present  ? 

3.  That  you  will  not  suffer  any  one  to 
pass  the  circle  of  perfection  in  your  Council, 
in  whose  integrity,  fervency  and  zeal  you 
have  not  entire  confidence  ? 

4.  That  you  will  not  acknowledge  or  hold 
intercourse  with  any  Council  that  does  not 
work  under  some  regular  and  constitutional 
authority  ? 

5.  That  you  will  not  admit  a  visitor  into 
your  Council  who  has  not  been  regularly 
and  lawfully  invested  with  the  degrees  con- 
ferred therein,  without  his  having  previously 
been  formally  healed? 

6.  That  you  will  faithfully  observe  and 
support  such  By-Laws  as  may  be  made  by 
your  Council,  in  conformity  with  the  Con- 
stitutions and  General  ^Regulations  of  the 
Order? 

7.  That  you  will   pay   due   respect   and 
obedience  to  the  Grand  Officers,  when  duly 
installed,  and  sustain  them  in  the  discharge 
of  their  lawful  duties  ? 


60  CRYPTIC    MASONRY. 

8.  Do  you  submit  to  these  requirements, 
and  promise  to  observe  and  practice  them 
faithfully? 

RESPONSE  :  I  do. 

With  entire  confidence  in  the  rectitude  of 
your  intentions,  and  in  the  integrity  of  your 
character  as  a  Select  Master,  I  now  invest 
you  with  the  appropriate  insignia  of  your 
office. 

Having  been  honored  with  the  free  suf- 
frages of  your  Companions,  and  elevated 
to  the  highest  office  within  their  gift,  it 
becomes  your  duty  to  set  them  an  example 
of  diligence,  industry  and  fidelity;  to  see 
that  the  officers  associated  with  you  faith- 
fully perform  their  respective  duties,  and 
that  the  interest  and  reputation  of  your 
Council  are  not  endangered  by  imprudence 
or  neglect.  The  important  trusts  committed 
to  your  charge  will  call  forth  your  best  exer- 
tions, and  the  exercise  of  your  best  faculties. 

As  the  representative  of  the  wise  King  of 
Israel,  it  will  be  your  duty  to  recite  the  secret 


INSTALLATION    CEREMONIES.  61 

traditions,  and  illustrate  the  moral  prin- 
ciples of  the  Order,  to  cherish  the  worthy, 
and  to  hold  in  due  veneration  the  ancient 
landmarks. 

By  a  frequent  recurrence  to  the  By-laws  of 
your  Council,  and  the  General  Regulations 
and  Constitutions  of  the  Grand  Council,  you 
will  be  enabled  to  fulfill  the  important  obli- 
gations resting  upon  you  with  honor  to 
yourself  and  with  credit  to  the  Craft. 

And  may  He,  without  whose  approving 
smiles  our  labors  are  all  in  vain,  give 
strength  to  your  endeavors  and  support  to 
your  exertions. 

CHARGE  TO  THE  DEPUTY  MASTER. 

RT.  ILLUSTRIOUS  COMPANION  :  Having  been 
elected  to  the  second  office  in  this  Council, 
I,  with  great  pleasure,  invest  you  with  the 
insignia  of  your  office. 

The  duties  of  the  important  office  to  which 
your  Companions  have  elevated  you  will 
require  your  constant  and  earnest  attention. 
You  are  to  occupy  the  second  seat  in  the 


62  CRYPTIC    MASONRY. 

Council,  and  it  will  be  your  duty  to  aid  and 
support  your  chief  in  all  the  requirements 
of  his  office.  In  his  absence  you  will  be 
called  upon  to  preside  in  the  Council,  and  to 
discharge  all  the  important  duties  annexed 
to  his  station. 

Although  the  representative  of  a  king,  and 
elevated  in  rank  above  your  Companions,  yet 
may  you  never  forget  that  in  all  the  duties 
you  owe  to  God,  your  neighbor  and  your- 
self, you  and  they  stand  upon  the  same  level 
of  equality.  Let  the  bright  example  of  your 
predecessor  in  the  Grand  Council  at  Jeru- 
salem stimulate  you  to  the  faithful  perform- 
ance of  every  duty,  and  when  the  King  of 
kings  shall  summon  you  to  His  immediate 
presence,  may  you  receive  from  His  hand  a 
crown  of  glory  that  shall  never  fade  away. 

CHARGE   TO   THE   PRINCIPAL   CONDUCTOR 
OF  THE  WORK. 

ILLUSTRIOUS  COMPANION:  As  the  third  officer 
of  this  Council,  I  now  invest  you  with  the 
insignia  of  your  office.  It  is  your  duty  to 


INSTALLATION    CEREMONIES.  63 

sound  the  silver  trumpet  at  early  dawn  and 
eve  of  day,  when  the  sun's  first  and  last 
beams  gild  the  mountain-tops,  to  announce 
high  noon,  and  proclaim  the  time  of  rest 
and  labor. 

In  the  absence  of  either  of  your  superior 
officers,  you  will  be  required  to  perform  the 
duties  annexed  to  his  station  respectively; 
and  as  the  interests  of  your  Council  ought 
never  to  suffer  from  the  want  of  intelligence 
in  its  officers,  you  will  allow  me  to  urge  upon 
you  the  necessity  of  being  always  qualified 
and  fully  prepared  to  meet  the  emergency, 
should  it  ever  arise. 

Having  been  admitted  to  the  fellowship  of 
Kings,  you  will  be  frequently  reminded  that 
the  office  of  mediator  is  both  honorable  and 
praiseworthy.  Let  it  therefore  be  your  con- 
stant care  to  preserve  harmony  and  unanim- 
ity of  sentiment  among  the  members  of  your 
Council.  Discountenance  whatever  may 
tend  to  create  divisions  and  dissensions 
among  the  Brethren  in  any  of  the  depart- 
ments of  Masonry.  And  as  the  glorious  sun 


64  SUBORDINATE   COUNCIL. 

at  its  meridian  dispels  the  mists  and  clouds 
that  obscure  the  horizon,  so  may  your  exer- 
tions tend  to  dissipate  the  mist  of  jealousy 
and  discord,  should  any  such  ever  unfor- 
tunately arise  in  your  Council. 

CHARGE  TO  THE  RECORDER. 

COMPANION  :  I  now  invest  you  with  the 
insignia  of  your  office.  The  qualities  which 
should  distinguish  you  in  discharging  the 
various  duties  annexed  to  your  station  are, 
correctness  in  recording  the  proceedings  of 
your  Council;  judgment  in  discriminating  be- 
tween what  is  proper  and  what  is  improper  to 
be  written ;  regularity  in  making  the  returns 
to  the  Grand  Council;  integrity  in  accounting 
for  all  moneys  that  may  pass  through  your 
hands,  and  fidelity  in  paying  the  same  over 
to  the  Treasurer.  The  possession  of  these 
qualities  has  designated  you  as  a  suitable 
Companion  for  the  important  office  to  which 
you  have  been  elected,  and  I  entertain  no 
doubt  but  that  you  will  discharge  all  the 
duties  incumbent  on  you  with  fidelity  and 


INSTALLATION    CEREMONIES.  65 

honor.  And  when  you  shall  have  completed 
the  records  of  your  transactions  here  below, 
and  finished  the  term  of  your  probation, 
may  you  be  admitted  to  the  Grand  Council 
above,  and  find  your  name  recorded  in  the 
book  of  life. 

CHAKGE  TO  THE  TREASURES. 

.  COMPANION:  You  have  been  elected  to  a 
very  important  and  responsible  office  in  this 
Council,  and  I  now,  with  pleasure  invest  you 
with  the  insignia  of  your  office.  It  is  your 
duty  to  number  and  weigh  out  the  shekels 
of  the  sanctuary,  and  to  provide  for  the 
helpless  orphan.  The  qualities  which  should 
distinguish  you  are  accuracy  and  fidelity; 
accuracy  in  keeping  a  fair  and  true  account 
of  the  receipts  and  disbursements;  fidelity 
in  carefully  preserving  the  property  and 
funds  of  the  Council,  and  in  rendering  a  just 
account  of  the  same  when  required. 

Your  interest  in  this  Council,  your  attach- 
ment to  the  Craft,  and  your  known  integrity 


66  SUBORDINATE    COUNCIL. 

of  character,  are  a  sure  guaranty  that  your 
duties  will  be  faithfully  performed. 

CHARGE  TO  THE  CAPTAIN  OF  THE  GUARD. 

COMPANION:  Having  been  appointed  Cap- 
tain of  the  Guard  in  this  Council,  I  present 
you  with  the  insignia  of  your  office.  Guard 
well  your  post,  and  suffer  none  to  pass  it  but 
the  select,  the  faithful  and  the  worthy.  Be 
ever  attentive  to  the  commands  of  your  chief, 
and  be  always  near  at  hand  to  see  them  duly 
executed. 

CHARGE  TO  THE  CONDUCTOR. 

COMPANION:  The  office  to  which  you  have 
been  appointed  is  one  of  much  importance 
in  the  proceedings  of  this  Council.  In  the 
discharge  of  the  duties  appertaining  to  it, 
and  with  which  you  are  doubtless  familiar, 
be  fervent  and  zealous;  you  will  thus  secure 
the  respect  and  esteem  of  your  Companions, 
,and  the  approbation  of  your  own  conscience. 

You  will  now  assume  your  station. 


INSTALLATION    CEREMONIES.  67 

CHARGE  TO  THE  CHAPLAIN. 
REV.  COMPANION:  You  have  been  appointed 
Chaplain  of  this  Council.  Your  good  incli- 
nations will  undoubtedly  aid  you  in  the 
performance  of  those  solemn  services  which 
created  beings  should  constantly  render  to 
their  Great  Creator,  and  which,  when  offered 
by  one  whose  holy  profession  it  is  to  point  to 
Heaven  and  lead  the  way,  may,  by  refining  our 
morals,  strengthening  our  virtues,  and  puri- 
fying our  minds,  prepare  us  for  admission 
into  the  presence  of  our  Supreme  Grand 
Master,  where  happiness  will  be  as  perfect 
as  it  is  endless. 

CHARGE  TO  THE  MARSHAL. 
COMPANION:  The  duties  of  your  office  re- 
quire but  little  elucidation.  It  is  your  duty, 
in  connection  with  the  Conductor,  to  attend 
to  the  examination  of  visitors,  and  to  take 
special  care  that  none  are  permitted  to  enter 
but  such  as  have  proved  their  title  to  our 
favor  and  friendship.  I  present  you  with 
the  implement  of  your  office,  in  the  conn- 


68  SUBORDINATE   COUNCIL. 

dent  belief  that  it  is  intrusted  to  competent 
and  faithful  hands. 

CHARGE  TO  .THE  STEWARD  AND  SENTINEL. 

COMPANIONS:  You  have  been  appointed  to 
the  office  of  Steward  and  Sentinel,  respec- 
tively, and  I  now,  with  pleasure,  invest  you 
with  the  appropriate  insignia  of  your  office. 
Let  the  sword  placed  in  your  hands  serve  as 
a  constant  admonition  to  you  to  set  a  guard 
at  the  entrance  of  your  thoughts,  to  place  a 
watch  at  the  door  of  your  lips,  to  post  a 
sentinel  at  the  avenues  of  your  affections, 
thereby  excluding  every  unworthy  thought, 
word  and  deed,  and  enabling  you  to  preserve 
your  consciences  void  of  offense  toward  God 
and  man. 

CHAEGE  TO  THE  COUNCIL. 

WORTHY  AND  BELOVED  COMPANIONS:  From 
the  nature  of  our  beloved  institution,  some 
must  of  necessity  rule  and  others  obey.  And 
while  justice  and  moderation  are  required 
of  the  officers  in  the  discharge  of  their 


INSTALLATION    CEREMONIES.  69 

official  duties,  subordination  and  respect 
for  their  rulers  are  equally  demanded  of  the 
members.  The  relation  is  reciprocal.  The 
interests  of  both  are  inseparable,  and  without 
mutual  cooperation  the  labors  of  neither  can 
succeed.  Let  the  avenues  to  your  passions 
be  strictly  guarded.  Let  no  curious  intruder 
find  his  way  into  the  secret  recesses  of  your 
retirement,  to  disturb  the  harmony  which 
should  ever  prevail  among  the  select  and 
chosen.  In  so  doing,  you  will  best  secure 
the  prosperity  of  your  Council,  the  respect 
of  your  Companions  and  the  commendation 
of  your  own  consciences. 

The  Installing  Officer  shall  then  make  the  following 
declaration: 

By  virtue  of  the  powers  in  me  vested,  I 
do  now  declare  the  officers  of  ....  Council, 
No.  . . . ,  regularly  installed,  in  due  and 
ancient  form. 

The  Chaplain  shall  then  conclude  the  installation 
ceremonies  by  delivering  the  following,  or  some 
suitable  form  of 


70  SUBORDINATE   COUNCIL. 

PKAYEK. 

Eternal  and  ever  blessed  Jehovah,  most 
humbly  do  we  beseech  Thee  to  look  down 
with  an  eye  of  favor  upon  this  Council,  now 
assembled  before  Thee.  Bless,  if  it  shall 
please  Thee,  the  proceedings  of  this  hour, 
and  grant  that  every  transaction  of  this 
body  may  tend  to  Thy  glory  and  to  our 
advancement  in  knowledge  and  virtue,  and 
to  Thy  great  name  shall  be  ascribed  eternal 
praises,  world  without  end.  Amen. 

RESPONSE:  So  mote  it  be. 


ORDER  OP  CEREMONIES 

IN 

CONSTITUTING  AND  DEDICATING  COUNCILS 

OF 

ROYAL  AND  SELECT  MASTERS. 

|HE  new  Council  shall  assemble  in  their 
hall  and  be  called  to  order  by  their  pre- 
siding officer. 

The  Grand  Council  will  meet  and  open 
in  an  adjoining  room. 

A  Committee  from  the  new  Council  shall  inform  the 
Grand  Marshal  that  the  new  Council  is  prepared  to 
receive  the  Grand  Council.  The  Grand  Marshal  will 
announce  the  same  to  the  Grand  Master. 

The  Committee  shall  then  conduct  the  Grand 
Council  to  the  Hall  of  the  new  Council,  where  they 
shall  be  received  with  the  usual  honors. 

The  officers  of  the  new  Council  shall  then  resign 
their  seats  to  the  Grand  officers,  and  cause  their 
jewels  to  be  laid  upon  the  altar  and  covered. 

An  Ode  shall  then  be  sung,  or  an  appropriate  piece 
of  music  be  performed,  after  which  the  Grand 
Chaplain  shall  repeat  the  following,  or  some  other 
suitable  form  of 


72       ROYAL  AND  SELECT  MASTERS. 


PRAYER. 

Almighty  and  Supreme  Architect  of  the 
Universe,  Maker  and  Ruler  of  all  things, 
who  is  there  in  Heaven  but  Thee,  and  who 
upon  earth  can  stand  in  competition  with 
Thee?  Thine  omniscient  mind  brings  all 
things  in  review,  past,  present,  and  to  come. 
Thine  omnipotent  arm  directs  the  move- 
ments of  the  vast  creation.  Thine  omni- 
present eye  pervades  the  secret  recesses  of 
every  heart.  Thy  boundless  beneficence 
supplies  us  with  every  comfort  and  enjoy- 
ment. Thy  unspeakable  perfections  and 
glory  surpass  the  understanding  of  the 
children  of  men.  We  do  most  humbly 
invoke  Thy  special  blessings  upon  the  pur- 
poses of  our  present  assembly.  Let  this 
Council  be  established  to  thy  honor  and 
glory.  May  its  officers  be  endowed  with 
wisdom  to  discern  and  fidelity  to  pursue  its 
true  interests.  May  its  members  be  ever 
mindful  of  the  duty  they  owe  to  their  God, 
the  obedience  they  owe  to  their  superiors, 


CONSTITUTING   AND    DEDICATING.  73 

the  love  they  owe  to  their  equals,  and  the 
good-will  they  owe  to  all  mankind.  May 
this  Council  be  erected  to  Thy  glory,  and 
may  its  members  ever  exemplify  their  love 
to  thee  by  their  beneficence  to  their  fellow- 
man,  and  eventually  enjoy  the  rewards  of  a 
well-spent  life  in  the  sacred  sanctuary  on 
high.  Glory  be  to  God,  as  it  was  in  the 
beginning,  is  now,  and  ever  shall  be,  world 
without  end.  Amen. 
RESPONSE  :  So  mote  it  be. 

Should  time  permit,  an  oration  or  some  suitable 
address  may  now  be  delivered. 

The  Grand  Marshal  shall  then  address  the  Grand 
Master  in  the  words  following,  viz : 

MOST  PUISSANT  GRAND  MASTER:  A  consti- 
tutional number  of  Companions,  duly  in- 
structed in  the  sublime  mysteries,  having 
received  from  the  Grand  Council  a  Charter, 
authorizing  them  to  open  and  hold  a  regular 
Council  of  Eoyal  and  Select  Masters  in  this 
place,  are  now  assembled  for  the  purpose  of 
having  the  saine  legally  constituted  and 
solemnly  dedicated  in  ample  form. 


74  ROYAL   AND   SELECT   MASTERS. 

The  Charter  granted  the  new  Council  shall  then  be 
read  by  the  Grand  Recorder. 

The  Grand  Master  will  then  address  the  Com- 
panions forming  the  new  Council  as  follows : 

COMPANIONS:  Do  you  accept  the  Charter 
which  has  just  been  read  in  your  hearing  by 
the  Grand  Kecorder,  and  do  you  promise  to 
perform  all  the  requirements  therein  con- 
tained, conforming  in  all  your  Masonic 
workings  to  the  Constitutions,  By-Laws  and 
General  Eegulations  of  the  Most  Puissant 
Grand  Council  of  the  State  of  -  —  ? 

The  answer  being  in  the  affirmative,  the  Grand 
Master  shall  proceed  as  follows : 

By  virtue  of  the  high  power  in  me  vested 
as  Grand  Master  of  Koyal  and  Select  Masters 

of  the  State  of ,  I  do  now  form 

and  constitute  you,  nay  worthy  Companions, 
into  a  regular  Council  of  Eoyal  and  Select 

Masters,  by  the  name  of Council,  No. 

. . . . ;  and  I  hereby  authorize  and  empower 
you  and  your  successors  to  open  and  hold 
said  Council,  and  to  do  and  perform  all  such 
things  as  may  appertain  thereunto,  conform- 


CONSTITUTING   AND   DEDICATING.  75 

ing  in  all  things  to  the  Constitutions,  By- 
Laws,  and  General  Kegulations  of  the  Most 

Puissant  Grand  Council  of  the  State  of" 

.     And  may  the  God  of  our  fathers  be 

with  you  to  guide  and  direct  you  in  all  your 
doings.     Amen. 

KESPONSE:  So  mote  it  be. 

An  Ode  or  Hymn  shall  then  be  sung,  or  a  suitable 
piece  of  music  performed,  during  which  the  Grand 
Marshal  shall  uncover  the  jewels. 

The  following  Dedicatory  Declaration  shall  then  be 
pronounced  by  the  Grand  Master: 

To  our  Ancient  and  Most  Puissant  Grand 
Master  Solomon,  King  of  Israel,  we  solemnly 
dedicate  this  Council.  May  the  blessings 
of  him  who  presides  in  the  Grand  Council 
above  rest  upon  all  the  members  thereof, 
and  may  He  so  direct  their  labors  that  His 
name  may  be  magnified,  now  and  ever. 
Amen. 

KESPONSE:  So  mote  it  be. 

The  following  proclamation  shall  then  be  made  by 
the  Grand  Marshal: 


76  ROYAL   AND   SELECT   MASTERS. 

I  am  directed  by  the  Most  Puissant  Grand 
Master  to  proclaim,  and  I  do  hereby  proclaim 

this  Council,  by  the  name  of Council, 

No ,  duly   constituted   and  dedicated, 

this day  of ,  A.  D 

Should  it  be  deemed  desirable,  another  suitable 
piece  of  music  may  be  now  performed,  when  the 
ceremonies  shall  close  with  the  following  benediction, 
to  be  pronounced  by  the  Grand  Chaplain: 

BENEDICTION. 

May  the  blessing  of  the  God  of  Abraham, 
the  God  of  Isaac,  and  the  God  of  Jacob  rest 
upon  and  be  with  you  always,  now  and 
forever.  Amen. 

EESPONSE:  So  mote  it  be. 

Should  any  other  officer  than  the  Grand  Master 
officiate  at  the  dedicatory  ceremonies,  the  word  ample 
is  to  be  omitted  wherever  it  occurs  in  the  service, 
and  in  place  thereof  shall  be  used  the  words  "in  due 
and  ancient  form. " 


INSTALLATION  OF  THE  OFFICERS 

OF   THE 

GRAND   COUNCIL. 

j]T  the  time  appointed  for  the  Installation, 
the  Grand  Council  being  regularly  opened, 
the  Chair  must  be  taken  by  some  Grand 
or  Past  Grand  Master ;  or,  if  none  be 
present,  by  the  highest  Grand  or  Past  Grand  Offi- 
cer, who  is,  or  has  been,  a  presiding  officer  in  a 
Subordinate  Council. 

The  K.  P.  Grand  Marshal  shall  then  introduce  the 
Grand  Master  elect  to  the  Installing  Officer,  saying: 

MOST  PUISSANT  :   I  present  to  you  Com- 
panion   ,  who,  having  been  duly  elected 

Grand  Master  of  the  Grand  Council  of  the 
State  of ,  for  the  ensuing  Ma- 
sonic year,  now  declares  himself  ready  for 
installation. 

The  Installing  Officer  shall  then  address  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Grand  Council,  saying: 

COMPANIONS  OF  THE  GRAND  COUNCIL  :  Com- 
panion   .,  having  been  duly  elected  to 

preside  over  you  as  your  Grand  Master,  now 


78  GRAND    COUNCIL. 

declares  himself  ready  for  installation.  If 
any  of  you  can  show  just  cause  why  he 
should  not  be  installed,  you  will  make  your 
objections  now  known,  or  forever  after  hold 
your  peace. 

If  objections  are  made,  the  Grand  Council  shall 
proceed  at  once  to  hear  and  determine  the  same. 
If  no  objections  are  made,  he  shall  continue  to  say, 

No  cause  being  shown  to  the  contrary,  I 
shall  now  proceed  to  install  him. 

The  Installing  Officer  shall  then  administer  the 
following  Obligation  of  Office,  all  the  companions 
standing: 

I, ,  do  solemnly  promise  and 

swear  that  I  will  serve  as  Grand  Master  of 

the  Grand  Council  of  the  State  of , 

for  the  term  for  which  I  have  been  elected, 
and  will,  to  the  best  of  my  abilities,  faith- 
fully discharge  the  duties  appertaining  to 
that  office.  I  do  furthermore  promise  and 
swear  that  I  will  support  and  maintain  the 
Constitutions  of  this  Grand  Council,  and 
inviolably  preserve  the  ancient  landmarks  of 
the  Order.  So  help  me  God. 


INSTALLATION    CEREMONIES.  79 

The  Grand  Chaplain  shall  then  offer  the  following 
prayer: 

O  thon  most  holy  and  omnipotent  Lord 
God  of  heaven  and  earth !  we  do  most 
humbly  beseech  thee  to  smile  upon  and  bless 
this  Grand  Council  now  assembled.  Sanctify 
unto  each  one  of  us  now  present  the  trans- 
actions of  this  hour.  Make  us  humble  and 
thankful  recipients  of  all  the  bounties  Thou 
art  continually  bestowing  upon  us,  and  move 
our  hearts  with  impulses  of  tenderness  and 
charity  toward  all  men,  and  especially  toward 
those  who  have  wrought  with  us  their  regular 
hours  in  the  secret  vault.  Bestow  upon  us, 
we  beseech  Thee,  a  portion  of  Thine  infinite 
Wisdom,  and  especially  upon  him  who  has 
been  selected  to  preside  over  this  Grand 
Council.  Take  from  him  all  pride  of  heart, 
stubbornness  of  will,  and  self-sufficiency  of 
understanding,  and  all  vanity,  ostentation 
and  arrogance,  if  any  such  he  have;  and 
give  him  in  their  stead  a  meekness  and  low- 
liness of  heart,  and  a  kindness  and  gentle- 
ness of  disposition,  that  shall  cause  him  to 


80  GEAND    COUNCIL. 

rule  and  govern  his  Companions  with  love 
and  affection,  and  in  thy  fear. 

And  we  pray  Thee,  O  Lord  God,  that, 
when  our  labors  here  are  ended,  and  the 
hour  of  everlasting  rest  has  arrived,  we  may 
be  received  into  the  Grand  Council  above, 
and  hear  the  thrilling  welcome,  "Come,  ye 
blessed  of  my  Father,  into  the  mansions  pre- 
pared for  you  from  the  beginning  of  the 
world."  Amen. 

RESPONSE  BY  THE  COMPANIONS:  So  mote  it  be. 

The  Installing  Officer  then  invests  the  Grand 
Master  elect  with  the  insignia  of  his  office,  and  pro- 
ceeds with  the  following 

CHAKGE. 

By  the  voice  of  your  Companions,  you 
have  been  elevated  to  the  highest  office 
within  their  gift;  and  as  they  rely  with  entire 
confidence  upon  the  rectitude  of  your  inten- 
tions and  the  integrity  of  your  character,  it 
becomes  your  duty  to  set  them  an  example 
of  diligence,  industry  and  fidelity  ;  to  see 
that  the  officers  associated  with  you  faithfully 


INSTALLATION    CEREMONIES.  81 

perform  their  respective  duties ;  and  that 
the  reputation  and  interests  of  this  Grand 
Council  are  not  endangered  by  imprudence 
or  neglect. 

The  important  trust  committed  to  your 
charge  will  call  for  your  best  exertions,  and 
the  exercise  of  your  best  faculties.  As  the 
representative  of  the  wise  King  of  Israel,  it 
will  be  your  duty  to  recite  'the  secret  tradi- 
tions, to  illustrate  the  moral  principles  of 
the  Order,  to  cherish  the  worthy,  and  to 
hold  in  due  veneration  the  ancient  land- 
marks of  our  time-honored  institution. 

The  purple  robe,  the  crown  and  the  scepter 
are  emblems  of  union  and  authority.  They 
are  to  indicate  to  you  that,  while  you  govern 
your  Companions  with  mildness,  firmness 
and  impartiality,  you  are  to  teach  them 
lessons  of  union  and  harmony,  which  are 
the  chief  supports  in  our  great  Masonic 
edifice.  And  as  you  are  seated  in  the  East, 
the  place  of  light  and  heat,  so  you  are  to 
be  the  source  of  light  and  heat  to  those 
under  your  charge.  Enlighten  them  with  a 


82  GKAND    COUNCIL. 

knowledge  of  our  traditions,  our  forms  and 
ceremonies ;  the  signification  of  our  tools 
and  emblems,  and  the  general  arts  and 
mysteries  of  our  Craft;  and  impart  to  them 
a  portion  of  the  warmth  of  zeal  and  devotion 
that  burns  in  your  own  bosom. 

By  a  frequent  recurrence  to  the  Constitu- 
tions of  this  Grand  Council,  and  the  general 
regulations  of  the  Fraternity,  together  with 
a  constant  observance  of  the  great  prin- 
ciples inculcated  in  the  various  lectures  and 
charges,  you  will  be  enabled  to  fulfill  the 
important  obligations  resting  upon  you  with 
honor  to  yourself  and  credit  to  the  Craft. 
And  may  He,  without  whose  approving  smiles 
our  labors  are  all  in  vain,  give  strength  to 
your  endeavors  and  support  to  your  exer- 
tions. 

The  Grand  Master  elect  shall  then  take  his  seat  in 
the  East,  and  assume  the  gavel.  After  which  (all  the 
Companions  standing)  the  Grand  Captain  of  the 
Guard  shall  make  "proclamation  thus : 

COMPANIONS  :  In  the  name  of  the  Most 
High  God,  I  do  proclaim  Most  Puissant 


INSTALLATION    CEREMONIES.  83 

Companion,   ,    Grand   Master  of  the 

Grand  Council  of  the  State  of ,  for 

the  term  prescribed  by  the  Constitutions. 

The  remaining  Officers  elect,  standing  in  order 
before  the  officiating  Officer,  shall  then  make  the 
following  declaration: 

I, ,  do  solemnly  promise  that  I  will 

faithfully,  and  to  the  best  of  my  ability, 
discharge  the  duties  of  the  office  to  which  I 
have  been  elected,  and  that  I  will  strictly 
conform  to  the  requirements  of  the  Consti- 
tutions of  the  Grand  Council  of  the  State 

of    ,    together  with    the    General 

Kegulations  of  the  Order,  so  far  as  they  may 
come  to  my  knowledge. 

After  which  the  officers  elect  shall  kneel  (the  rest 
of  the  Companions  present  standing),  while  the  E.  P. 
Grand  Chaplain  repeats  the  following. 

PRAYER 

Most  Holy  and  Glorious  Lord  God,  the 
Great  Architect  of  Heaven  and  Earth,  we 
approach  Thee  with  reverence,  and  implore 
Thy  blessing  on  these  Companions,  selected 
to  assist  our  presiding  officer  in  conducting 


84  GRAND    COUNCIL. 

the  business  of  this  Grand  Council,  and  now 
prostrate  before  Thee.  Fill  their  hearts 
with  Thy  fear,  that  their  tongues  and  actions 
may  promote  Thy  glory.  Make  them  stead- 
fast in  Thy  service.  Grant  them  wisdom, 
that  they  may  teach  Thy  judgments  and  Thy 
laws.  Animate  their  hearts  and  strengthen 
their  endeavors.  Bless  them,  O  Lord,  and 
bless  the  work  of  their  hands.  Accept  us  in 
mercy.  Hear  Thou,  from  Heaven,  Thy 
dwelling-place,  and  forgive  our  transgres- 
sions. Amen. 

KESPONSE:  So  mote  it  be. 

The  E.  P.  Grand  Marshal  will  now  present  each  of 
the  remaining  Grand  Officers  elect  in  order,  according 
to  rank,  when  they  shall  be  charged  by  the  Installing 
Officer,  respectively,  as  follows: 

(After  each  charge,  the  E.  P.  Grand  Marshal  shall 
conduct  the  officer  elect,  so  charged,  to  his  proper 
position  in  the  Grand  Council  Chamber.) 

CHAEGE  TO  THE  DEPUTY  GEAND  MASTEE. 

EIGHT  PUISSANT  COMPANION:  Have  you  at- 
tended to  the  important  obligation  taken  by 
your  superior,  and  do  you  promise  to  support 


INSTALLATION    CEREMONIES.  85 

all  the  ancient  charges  and  regulations  as 
freely  and  fully  as  he  has  done  ? 

ANSWER:  I  do. 

The  duties  of  >the  important  office  to  which 
your  Companions  have  elected  you  will 
require  your  constant  and  earnest  attention. 

You  are  to  occupy  the  second  seat  in  this 
Grand  Council,  and  it  will  be  your  duty  to 
aid  and  support  your  chief  in  all  the  require- 
ments of  his  office.  In  his  absence  you  will 
be  called  upon  to  preside  in  the  Grand 
Council,  and  to  discharge  all  those  important 
duties  which  now  devolve  upon  him.  Let 
it,  therefore,  be  your  unremitting  study  to 
acquire  such  a  degree  of  knowledge  and 
information  as  will  enable  you,  when  called 
upon,  to  discharge  with  promptness  and 
propriety  all  the  important  duties  annexed 
to  your  station. 

CHARGE  TO  THE  GRAND  ILLUSTRIOUS 
MASTER. 

EIGHT  PUISSANT  COMPANION  :  You  have  been 
elevated  to  the  third  office  in  the  Grand 
Council.  The  duties  of  the  important  office 

8 

T^V 

; 


86  GRAND    COUNCIL. 

to  which  your  Companions  have  elevated  you 
will  require  your  constant  and  earnest  atten- 
tion. It  will  be  your  duty  to  aid  and  support 
your  superior  officers  in  all  the  requirements 
of  their  offices.  In  their  absence,  you  will 
be  called  upon  to  preside  in  the  Grand 
Council,  and  to  discharge  all  the  important 
duties  annexed  to  that  station.  Although 
the  representative  of  a  King,  you  should 
never  forget  that,  in  all  the  duties  you  owe 
to  God,  your  neighbor,  and  yourself,  you 
stand  upon  the  same  level  of  equality  with 
the  rest  of  your  Companions. 

Let  the  bright  example  of  your  illustrious 
predecessor  in  the  Grand  Council  at  Jeru- 
salem stimulate  you  to  the  faithful  perform- 
ance of  every  duty,  and  when  the  King  of 
kings  shall  summon  you  to  his  immediate 
presence,  from  His  hand  may  you  receive  a 
crown  of  glory  that  shall  never  fade  away. 


INSTALLATION    CEREMONIES.  87 


CHARGE  TO  THE  GRAND  PRINCIPAL  CON- 
DUCTOR OF  THE  WORK. 

RIGHT  PUISSANT  COMPANION:  As  the  fourth 
officer  of  this  Grand  Council,  it  will  be  your 
duty  to  sound  the  silver  trumpet  at  early 
dawn  and  eve  of  day,  when  the  sun's  first 
and  last  beams  gild  the  mountain-tops,  to 
announce  high  noon,  and  proclaim  the  time 
of  rest  and  labor. 

In  the  absence  of  your  superiors  you  will 
be  required  to  perform  their  duties;  and  as 
the  interests  of  the  Grand  Council  should 
never  be  permitted  to  suffer  through  want 
of  intelligence  in  its  officers,  you  will  allow 
me  to  urge  upon  you  the  necessity  of  being 
always  qualified  and  prepared  to  meet  the 
emergency,  should  any  such  arise. 

Having  been  admitted  to  the  fellowship 
of  Kings,  you  will  be  frequently  reminded 
that  the  office  of  mediator  is  both  honorable 
and  praiseworthy.  Let  it,  therefore,  be  your 
constant  care  to  preserve  harmony  and  una- 
nimity of  sentiment  among  the  members  of 


88  GRAND    COUNCIL. 

the  Grand  Council.  Discountenance  what- 
ever may  tend  to  create  division  and  dis- 
sensions among  the  Companions  in  any  of 
the  departments  of  Masonry.  And  as  the 
glorious  sun  at  its  meridian  dispels  the  mists 
and  clouds  that  obscure  the  horizon,  so  may 
your  exertions  tend  to  dissipate  the  mist  of 
jealousy  and  discord,  should  any  such  ever 
unfortunately  arise. 

CHAEGE  TO  THE  GBAND  EECOEDEB. 

EIGHT  PUISSANT  COMPANION:  It  is  with  much 
pleasure  that  I  install  you  into  the  office  to 
which  you  have  been  elected  by  your  Com- 
panions. The  qualities  which  should  recom- 
mend a  Eecorder  are :  correctness  in  recording 
the  proceedings;  judgment  in  discriminating 
between  what  is  proper  and  what  is  improper 
to  be  written;  regularity  in  attendance  upon 
the  Grand  Council;  integrity  in  accounting 
for  all  moneys  that  may  pass  through  his 
hands,  and  fidelity  in  paying  the  same  over 
to  the  Grand  Treasurer.  The  possession 
of  these  qualities,  I  have  no  doubt,  has 


INSTALLATION    CEREMONIES.  89 

designated  you  as  a  suitable  Companion  for 
this  important  office.  I  have  the  utmost 
confidence,  therefore,  that  you  will  discharge 
all  the  duties  incumbent  on  you  with  fidelity 
and  honor.  May  God  grant  that,  when  you 
shall  have  completed  the  record  of  your 
transactions  here  below,  you  maybe  admitted 
into  the  Grand  Council  above,  and  find  your 
name  recorded  in  the  Book  of  Life. 

CHARGE  TO  THE  GRAND  TREASURER. 

EIGHT  PUISSANT  COMPANION:  You  have  been 
elected  to  an  important  and  responsible 
station  in  this  Grand  Body.  It  will  be  your 
duty  to  number  and  weigh  out  the  shekels 
of  the  sanctuary,  and  to  provide  for  the 
helpless  and  the  destitute.  The  qualities 
which  should  distinguish  you  are  accuracy 
and  fidelity — accuracy  in  keeping  a  true  and 
fair  account  of  the  receipts  and  disburse- 
ments ;  fidelity  in  carefully  preserving  the 
property  and  funds  of  the  Grand  Council, 
and  in  rendering  a  just  account  of  the  same 
when  required.  Your  interest  in  this  Grand 

8* 


90  GRAND    COUNCIL. 

Council,  your  attachment  to  the  Craft,  and 
your  known  integrity  of  character,  arc  a 
sufficient  guarantee  that  these  duties  will  be 
faithfully  performed. 

CHAKGE  TO  THE  GBAND  CAPTAIN  OF  THE 
GUAKD. 

RIGHT  PUISSANT  COMPANION:  Having  been 
appointed  Captain  of  the  Guard  of  this 
Grand  Council,  I  present  you  with  the  in- 
signia of  your  office.  Guard  well  your  post, 
and  suffer  none  to  pass  it  but  the  select,  the 
faithful,  and  the  true.  Be  ever  attentive  to 
the  commands  of  your  chief,  and  be  always 
near  at  hand  to  see  them  duly  executed. 

CHAKGE  TO  THE  GEAND  CHAPLAINS. 

RIGHT  PUISSANT  AND  REV.  COMPANIONS:  You 
have  been  appointed  Chaplains  of  this  Grand 
Council.  Your  good  inclinations  will  un- 
doubtedly aid  you  in  the  performance  of 
those  solemn  services  which  created  beings 
should  constantly  render  to  their  Great 
Creator,  and  which,  when  offered  by  one 


INSTALLATION    CEREMONIES.  91 

whose  holy  profession  it  is  to  point  to  Heaven 
and  lead  the  way,  may,  by  refining  our  morals, 
strengthening  our  virtues,  and  purifying  our 
minds,  prepare  us  for  admission  into  the 
presence  of  our  Supreme  Grand  Master, 
where  happiness  will  be  as  perfect  as  it  is 
endless. 

CHAKGE  TO  THE  GRAND  MARSHAL. 
EIGHT  PUISSANT  COMPANION  :  The  office  to 
which  you  have  been  appointed  is  one  of 
much  importance  in  the  proceedings  of  this 
Grand  Council.  In  the  discharge  of  the 
duties  appertaining  to  it,  and  with  which 
you  are  familiar,  be  fervent  and  zealous. 
Let  uprightness  and  integrity  attend  your 
steps;  let  justice  and  mercy  mark  your  con- 
duct, and  predominate  in  all  your  actions 
through  life.  You  will  now  assume  your 
station. 

CHAEGE  TO  THE  GRAND  STEWARD  AND 
SENTINEL. 

PUISSANT  COMPANIONS:  You  are  appointed 
respectively  to  the  office  of  Grand  Steward 


92  GRAND   COUNCIL. 

t 

and  Sentinel  of  this  Grand  Council,  and  I 
now  invest  you  with  the  implements  of  your 
office.  As  the  sword  is  placed  in  the  hands 
of  the  Sentinel  to  enable  him  to  guard  the 
sanctuary  and  entrance  to  the  secret  passage 
with  sleepless  vigilance  against  intruders,  so 
should  it  morally  serve  as  a  constant  admo- 
nition to  us  all  to  set  a  guard  at  the  entrance 
of  our  thoughts,  to  place  a  watch  at  the  door 
of  our  lips,  to  post  a  sentinel  at  the  avenues 
of  our  actions,  thereby  excluding  every  un- 
worthy thought,  word  and  deed,  and  enabling 
us  to  preserve  our  consciences  void  of  offense 
toward  God  and  man.  You  will  now  assume 
your  respective  stations. 

CHABGE  TO  THE  MEMBEKS  OF  THE 
GRAND  COUNCIL. 

COMPANIONS:  From  the  nature  of  the  con- 
stitution of  every  society,  some  must  of 
necessity  rule  and  others  obey.  And  while 
justice  and  moderation  are  required  of  the 
officers  in  the  discharge  of  their  official 
duties,  subordination  and  respect  for  their 


INSTALLATION   CEREMONIES.  93 

rulers  are  equally  demanded  of  the  mem- 
bers. The  relation  is  reciprocal ;  the  interests 
or  both  are  inseparable,  and  without  mutual 
cooperation  the  labors  of  neither  can  suc- 
ceed. A  house  divided  against  itself  cannot 
stand.  Let,  therefore,  brotherly  love  prevail 
among  you ;  let  each  be  emulous  of  the 
others  in  all  good  works,  and  in  no  other  way. 
Let  the  avenues  of  your  passions  be  strictly 
guarded;  let  no  curious  intruder  find  his 
way  into  the  secret  recesses  of  your  retire- 
ment, to  disturb  the  harmony  which  should 
ever  prevail  among  the  select  and  chosen.  In 
so  doing  you  will  secure  the  prosperity  of 
this  Grand  Council,  the  respect  of  your 
Companions,  the  commendation  of  your  own 
consciences,  and,  finally,  the  approval  of 
your  Supreme  Grand  Master  and  a  Crown 
of  Life. 

The  Grand  Marshal  shall  then  make  the  following 
proclamation: 

I  am  directed  by  the  Most  Puissant  Grand 
Master  to  proclaim,  and  I  do  hereby  pro- 
claim, the  officers  of  the  Most  Puissant 


94  GRAND   COUNCIL. 


Grand  Council  of  Royal  and  Select  Masters 

of  the  State  of duly  and  regularly 

installed  in  ample  form. 

The  Bight  Puissant  Grand  Chaplain  shall  then 
offer  the  following  or  some  suitable  prayer,  which 
shall  conclude  the  ceremonies  of  installation  of  the 
Grand  Officers: 

To  Thee,  O  God,  we  now  commend  our- 
selves, and  the  varied  interests  committed 
to  our  charge.  Ever  keep  and  preserve  this 
Grand  Council  in  purity  and  usefulness,  and 
may  its  proceedings  tend  to  Thy  glory  and 
the  benefit  of  our  race.  Amen. 

EESPONSE:  So  mote  it  be. 


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and  Gold,  trimmed  with  Blue  Silk,  each    4  00 
Dress  Aprons,   Lambskin,   elegantly    Ornamented    with 
proper  Masonic  Devices,  in  Blue  and  Gold,  trimmed 

with  Moire  Antique  Silk each    5  00 

Same— Lambskin,    elegantly    Ornamented    with    proper 
Masonic  devices,  in  Blue  and  Gold,  with  Silver  Masonic 

Tassels ;  finished  similar  to  the  English  Aprons each    6  00 

Same— with  Morocco  Case ...  ...  each    8  00 


CLOTHING  AND  FURNITURE. 


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COLLARS. 

Officers'  Collars,  Blue  Belt  Ribbon each  $1  25 

u       Masonic  Ribbon each    150 

44  u  Blue  Merino,  or  Blue  Cotton  Velvet,  trim- 
med with  Lace  and  one  Star each  2  50 

"  "  Blue  Merino,  Blue  Cloth,  or  Blue  Cotton 
Velvet,  trimmed  with  Lace  and  five 
Stars each  300 

14  44       Blue   Silk-faced   Velvet,  trimmed   with 

Lace  and  five  Stars each    4  00 

**  44       Blue  Silk  Velvet,  trimmed  with  Lace  and 

five  Stars each  $5  00  to    8  00 

44  "       Velvet,  embroidered each    9  00 

"  *4       elegantly  embroidered each  15  00 

Blue  Silk  Velvet  Collars,  embroidered,  and  Silver  Bullion 

Fringe each  $12  00  to  20  00 

SCARFS. 

Blue   or  White  Satin  or  Silk,  for  Chaplain  or  Marshal, 

trimmed each  $5  00  to  10  00 

Dress  Apron  and  Blue  Silk  Scarf $12  00  to  20  00 


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CLOTHING  AND  FURNITURE. 


BLUE    LODGE. 

No.  1.— 10  Pieces,  solid  silver,  elegantly  engraved ..  $55  00  to  $100  00 
2.— 10  Pieces,  heavily  Plated  on  fine  German  Silver,  en- 
graved in  same  style  as  pure  silver 30  00 

fW"  This  is  a  very  superior  article  of  plated  Lodge 
Jewel.  They  look  as  rich  and  pure  as  the  genuine  metal, 
and  are  warranted  to  last  for  20  years  without  replating. 

3.— 10  Pieces,  heavily  plated  on  fine  German  Silver,  sur- 
rounded with  circle  (new  style),  an  elegant  article. .  37  50 

4.— 10  Pieces,  heavily  plated  on  fine  German  Silver,  en- 
graved, of  small  size,  with  Ribbon  hangers  ;  can 
be  used  with  or  without  collars 30  00 

5.— 10  Pieces,  solid  silver,  elegantly  engraved,  small  size, 
with  ribbon  hangers ;  can  be  used  with  or  without 
collars ;  in  morocco  case 125  OC 


^~  PRESENTATION,  PAST  MASTERS',  GRAND  LODGE,  and 
GRAND  OFFICERS'  JEWELS  MADE  TO  ORDER. 


CLOTHING  AND  FURNITURE. 


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.      LODGE  FURNITURE,  ETC. 

Columns  for  Middle  Chamber,  with  Celestial  and  Terrestrial 
Globes,  Lily  and  Net- work  Pomegranates,  etc.,  com- 
plete  $75  to  $130  00 

Gavels,  Rosewood per  set,  $6  00 

"       Ebony  or  Rosewood,  solid "         800 

Mahogany  Columns,  for  S.  W.  and  J.  W "         600 

Rosewood       "  "  "     "       1000 

extra  finish $15  00  to  20  00 

Mahogany  Working  Tools  (set  of  4  pieces),   . . . : 5  00 

Rosewood       "  inlaid 7  00 

"  "  "  "  Mosaic  Work 900 

White  Holly    u  "  "  fancy  inlaid 900 

Trowels,  Silver  Plated 3  50 

"         Solid  Silver $10  00  to  16  00 

Setting  Maul       3  00 

Stone  Hammer,  or  Common  Gavel,  Silver-Plated 3  50 

Rods  for  Deacons  and  Masters  of  Ceremonies,  and  Stewards, 
emblematically  Ornamented  with  Silver-plated  Tops,  per 

pair 800 

Stands  and  Lights  for  Altars $25  00  to  60  00 

Slippers each    1  00 

Hoodwinks each    0  75 

Canvas  for  Third  Degree 12  50 


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CLOTHING  AND  FURNITURE. 


Cable  Tows 1  00 

Drawers 3  50 

Marshal's  Baton $1  25  to  2  25 

Paper  Seals per  100       50 

Carpet   for   Middle   Chamber,  made  to   order,  in   the   best 

style $40  to  60  00 

Masters'  Chart,  in  Three  Parts,  Framed  and  Boxed 15  00 

Master's  Carpet,  6  by  (>i  feet,  mounted 20  00 

Lodge  Seal,  engraved  in  brass,  and  Press $8  00  to  20  00 

Secret  Ballot  Box,  Mahogany,  with  Ballots,  plain 5  00 

"          Black  Walnut 6  00 

fancy  inlaid  15  00 

"  "         with  emblems,  inlaid  with  Pearl  and  Mosaic 

Work 25  00 

Extra  Ballots per  doz.       25 

^~  This  box  is  so  constructed  that  voting  may  be  done  by  the 
sense  of  feeling — without  the  necessity  of  the  voter  seeing  the 

ballots.  The  front  of  the  box 
in  which  the  ballots  are  placed 
is  opened,  as  shown  in  the  en- 
graving; the  ballots  are  then 
deposited  in  the  rear  through  a 
:  convenient  opening  in  the  par- 
L  tition.  During  the  process  of 
:  voting  the  hand  of  the  voter  i« 
-.  completely  screened  from  ob- 
F  servation,  thus  rendering  th<$ 
balloting  entirely  secret.  After 
the  voting  is  completed  the  front  of  the  box  is  closed  and  the  rear 
•pened,  which  exposes  the  result.  By  an  ingenious  contrivance  in 
the  partition  the  ballots  are  again  removed  to  the  front  of  the  box, 
and  ready  for  use  without  handling  them. 


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ROYAL  ARCH  CHAPTER. 


APRONS. 

Linen  Aprons,  trimmed per  dozen,  ,  $7  50 

Lambskin  Aprons,  trimmed  with  Red  Silk,  plain each,      3  00 

44  "       trimmed  with  Red  Clpth,  and  stamped 

Jewel  of  Office,  in  Gold! each     3  50 

44  44       trimmed  with  Red  Silk,  and  stamped  with 

with  Jewel  of  Office,  in  Gold each,      4  00 

44  "       trimmed  with  R.  A.  Ribbon "         6  00 

ROYAL  ARCH  DRESS  APRONS. — Lambskin,  elegantly  orna- 
mented with  R.  A.  devices  in  gold,  and  appropriately 
colored  and  trimmed,  with  Gold  Masonic  Tassels. .  .each,  6  00 

Same— With  morocco  case "         8  00 

ROYAL  ARCH  DRESS  APRONS.— Lambskin,  elegantly  orna- 
mented with  R.  A.  devices  in  gold,  and  appropriate  col- 
ors, and  trimmed  with  English  R.  A.  Ribbon each,  8  00 

Same— With  morocco  case "       1000 


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CLOTHING  AND  FURNITURE. 


COLLARS. 

Officers'  Collars,  Scarlet  Belt  Ribbon each,    $1  25 

44  "        Scarlet  R.  A.  Ribbon 4i         1  50 

44  4k       Scarlet  Merino,  or  Cotton  Velvet,  trimmed 

with  lace  and  one  star each,      2  50 

44  "        Scarlet   Merino,   Cloth    or    Cotton    Velvet, 

trimmed  with  lace  and  seven  stare.. each,      3  50 
44  "        Scarlet  Silk-faced  Velvet,  trimmed  with  lace 

and  seven  stars each,      4  00 

-   "  u       Scarlet  Silk  Velvet,  trimmed  with  lace  and 

stars  each,  $5  00  to  8  00 

Officers1  Silk  Velvet,  splendidly  embroidered... each,  $15  00  to  20  00 
SCARFS. 

Best  Silk  Velvet,  heavy  embroidered  gold  lace $30  00 

Best  Silk  Velvet,  lace  and  bullion 15  00 

Best  Cotton  Velvet ...  10  00 


JEWELS. 

12  Pieces,  fine  gilt $30  00  to  45  00 

'  Every  style  of  R.  A.  Jewels  made  to  order.    Presentation 


Jewels  for  HIGH  PRIEST  made  to  order.    Marks  on  Silver,  Gold,  or 
White  Cornelian,  richly  mounted,  <  n  hand  and  made  to  order. 


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